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A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures
Written by Patricia DeLacey. A new fabrication process for helical metal nanoparticles provides a simpler, cheaper way to rapidly produce a material essential for biomedical and optical devices,...
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Crinkled coatings could prevent medical implants from failing
Written by Derek Smith. Medical implants could fail less often when coated with a microscopically crinkled, ceramic material designed by researchers at the University of Michigan. The coating is...
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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
Written by Derek Smith and originally published by Michigan News. Imaging the hot turbulence of aircraft propulsion systems may now be possible with sturdy sheets of composite materials that twist...
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Flexible DNA linkers enable “impossible” nanostructures
Written by Derek Smith in collaboration with Seth Zimmerman. Using DNA to guide the self-assembly of nanoparticles has been limited by the stiffness of DNA molecules, but pliant spacers added to the...
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ACS funding supports research for recyclable, durable electrodes
New funding from the American Chemical Society (ACS) has been awarded to Assistant Professor Xiwen Gong. The grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund will support her work to create better, more...
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$10.5M biomaterials center to connect researchers, fund innovation and fight...
Written by Kate McAlpine. Simultaneously advancing biomaterials research with clinical applications and connecting researchers at well-resourced institutions with those rich in diverse talent is the...
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Could a dietary fiber supplement offer long-awaited treatment for food...
Written by Kim Korth Shine and originally published by Michigan News. A study from the University of Michigan has identified a potential new treatment for food allergies in inulin, a naturally...
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Xiwen Gong and Angela Violi receive funding to drive commercial potential in...
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at the University of Michigan recently awarded over $1.5 million to 15 research projects aimed...
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Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
Written by Derek Smith. A view into how nanoscale building blocks can rearrange into different organized structures on command is now possible with an approach that combines an electron microscope, a...
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
Written by Derek Smith and originally published by Michigan News. A flexible screen inspired, in part, by squid can store and display encrypted images like a computer—using magnetic fields rather than...
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