Peptoids, or n-substitued glycines, are complex and diverse oligomeric structures which have been explored for a number of biomimetic applications including drug delivery, surfactants, and catalysts.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) and the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute ...

Molecularly imprinted polymers are a class of material, designed to have a high affinity for a specific molecule. Molecular imprinting leaves cavities in the ordinary structure of the polymer – ...

Graphene nanoribbons twist and bend like DNA or proteins in a solution and their rigidity can be tuned, making them potentially useful for biomimetic applications, according to scientists. Graphene ...

The Jingjing Wu group at the National Key Laboratory of Synergistic Materials Creation/Frontier Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in collaboration ...

Figure 1. A systematic diagram from material dimensions and patterning processes to device applications. Perovskite structure. Major patterning methods, including template-confined growth, inkjet ...

Water purification has applications in drinking water resources, wastewater treatment, biomedicine, food industry, and the life sciences. The industrial revolution, subsequent pollution, and climate ...

A Chinese robotics startup has revealed the world’s first “biomimetic AI robot”, a humanoid machine that doesn’t just look human, but tries to feel human too, with warm skin, human-like walking, ...

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