(Nanowerk News) Carbon-based stimuli-responsive nanomaterials are gaining much attention due to their versatility, including disease diagnosis and treatment. They work under endogenous (pH, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) From augmented reality visors to holographic projectors, visions of advanced photonics applications rely on the ability to actively control light’s behavior. But practical schemes ...

The "nothing" (empty space) feature of porous soft materials is foundational to their properties and applications, and has been a focus of study for many years. Now, researchers from Japan have solved ...

Researchers have demonstrated that bridging π-conjugated emissive chromophores with an aromatic fluorinated Zn(II) ...

The induction of macroscopic changes in colour, shape, and functionality through designed nanoscale control can produce smart materials responding to chemical or physical triggers such as heat, light, ...

Chitosan-based materials have emerged as a vital area in nanobiotechnology, bridging advances in materials science with pressing needs in both biomedical ...

Researchers from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, have developed a smart gel that responds to multiple stimuli for precise drug release. Gels that respond ...

Early smart materials were typically amorphous polymers, hydrogels, or liquid crystalline systems with randomly distributed responsive groups, which limited response speed, energy efficiency, and the ...

A new study in Nature introduces a scalable method for creating magnetorheological fibers and fabrics that actively change shape, stiffness, and motion in response to magnetic fields. This is ...