Mussel-inspired chemistry, as a powerful tool to manipulate material properties, has been
widely studied and implemented in surface engineering of a variety of materials for …

Infection represents a major clinical barrier that delays wound healing, while the overuse of
antibiotics can lead to bacterial resistance. Hence, it is of particular important to develop a …

Developing new materials and novel technologies for the highly efficient treatment of toxic
organic pollutants is highly desirable. Chemical reduction based on heterogeneous …

Membranes have been used throughout history to purify water. Advances made in
membrane technologies over the past century have typically focused on either enhancing …

A great number of butterfly species in the warmer climate have evolved to exhibit fascinating
optical properties on their wing scales which can both regulate the wing temperature and …

Organic dye pollution has become a serious problem threating environment and human
health. Noble metal nanoparticles based catalytic degradation of organic dyes has attracted …

Considering the safety risks posed by the liquid organic electrolytes of conventional lithium-
ion batteries, considerable attention has been drawn to the development of safer solid-state …

An Ag@ PAN catalytic nanofiber composite membrane has been fabricated by combining
electrospinning PAN nanofiber seeding with 2-MI and flowing synthesis. ZIF-8 can be …

A zwitterionic polymer with a sticky catechol chain end was successfully synthesized by
ARGET-ATRP (activators regenerated by electron transfer for atom transfer radical …

Bacterial attachment and the subsequent colonization on the surfaces of bio-materials
usually result in biofilm formation, and thus lead to implant failure, inflammation and so on …