Over millennia, bacteria have developed clever strategies to build biopolymer‐based
communities in which they can survive even extremely challenging conditions. Such …

Nanotechnology is increasingly being utilized to create advanced materials with improved or
new functional attributes. Converting fertilizers into a nanoparticle-form has been shown to …

Ionic conductors are normally prepared from water-based materials in the solid form and
feature a combination of intrinsic transparency and stretchability. The sensitivity toward …

Cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer, is a versatile polysaccharide that is being
exploited to manufacture innovative blends, composites, and hybrid materials in the form of …

In this work, a simple and flexible method for the fabrication of chitosan microcapsules with
controllable structures and functions via the interfacial cross-linking reaction of the water-in …

Droplet microfluidics technology provides a powerful approach to isolate and process
millions of single cells simultaneously. Despite many exciting applications that have …

Nanocellulose is not only a renewable material but also brings functions that are opening
new technological opportunities. Here we discuss a special subset of this material, in its …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has excellent material properties and can be produced sustainably
through simple bacterial culture, but BC‐producing bacteria lack the extensive genetic …

Templated synthesis and assembly for nanostructured materials with tailored properties
have received considerable attention. The powerful templates with predefined structures can …

Microcapsules made of synthetic polymers are used for the release of cargo in agriculture,
food, and cosmetics but are often difficult to be degraded in the environment. To diminish the …