Researchers showed that they can simply use the shape of these colloids to make interesting building blocks for new materials, regardless of other properties of the colloidal particles.
Researchers prepared an epoxy-based coating with Fe3O4 nanoparticles and tetradecanol, which exhibited self-healing ability under solar irradiation and could protect the underlying carbon steel substrate from erosion.
Researchers used modified carbon nanotubes that glow brighter in the presence of the messenger substance dopamine. These sensors visualise the release of dopamine from nerve cells with unprecedented resolution.