Water-based adhesives face several challenges despite their environmental benefits. One major issue is that achieving high adhesion strength on various substrates, especially in wet or humid ...

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 ...

The new breed of electronic devices is all-digital and nanosized. However, to make these devices work, innovative materials solutions are required. New research from an international team headed by ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Metalenses are ultrathin, flat surfaces that use nanostructures to focus light. They have attracted tremendous attention because they can overcome limitations of conventional ...

A new, 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink has incredible properties — and many applications in aerospace, medicine and electronics. Mechanical engineering researchers at Michigan Technological ...

A spray-applied nanocomposite coating kills over 99.99% of bacteria on touchscreens while resisting scratches, combining glass-like hardness with the flexibility needed for emerging foldable displays.

Nanocomposites are defined as composite materials with two or more components, where at least one is a nanomaterial. Nanocomposite materials are made by embedding a reinforcing phase into a matrix ...