ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Stronger, more flexible adhesive can enable design of lighter vehicles
New adhesive using elastomer makes lighter, more carbon-efficient vehicles possible.
Molecular Coating approach for increasing energy density of supercapacitors
Achieving a supercapacitor through the Molecular Adsorption Concept.
Creating anti-counterfeiting labels for high-value goods
Preventing counterfeiting by adding dye to liquid crystals to create uncrackable coded tags.
Novel highly ice-repellent coating adheres to numerous surfaces
The material delays the formation of ice crystals and reduces the adhesion of ice layers.
A coal-based product could replace sand in concrete
Discovery could be part of a solution to the looming ‘sand crisis’.
Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers
Turning unused waste from food production into clean energy.
New low-power desalination method could be used in disaster zones
New method for purifying drinking water could be used in disaster-hit areas with limited electrical power.
Researchers improve all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery performance
It can provide good charging and discharging performance for batteries even under -40 °C.
Remarkable: An eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements
A new mussel-inspired nanocellulose coating (MINC).
A wound-healing ink can be 3D printed into cuts to heal wounds
Wound-healing ink encourages healing by exposing cut to immune-system vesicles.
A thin cellulose film can inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus within minutes
It also inhibits the growth of bacteria.
New purification methods could make protein drugs cheaper
Engineers find specialized nanoparticles can quickly and inexpensively isolate proteins from a bioreactor.
New cranberry-tinted lipstick quickly inactivates disease-causing viruses
Their deep red cream quickly inactivates disease-causing viruses, bacteria and a fungus.
Capturing carbon dioxide with a sustainable new material
The new material offers many benefits – it is sustainable, has a high capture rate, and has low operating costs.
Separating oil out of water completely
The mechanisms for removing emulsified oil from water are complex because of the deformability and potential for coalescence and break-up of the oil droplets....