functional materials – TechConnect Briefs

Biogelx: Designer Gels for Cell Culture

Lopez-Bernardo E., Irvine E., Ulijn R., Lightbody D., Biogelx, US

Biogelx Limited is a biomaterials company that designs tuneable peptide hydrogels, offering artificial tissue environments to cell biologists for a range of cell culture applications. The hydrogels are highly tunable, cell-matched biomaterials, capable of revolutionizing [...]

Direct Manufacturing of Functional Structures on 3D microscale surfaces by Laser Dynamic Forming

Huang G., Cheng G.J., Purdue University, US

This paper demonstrates a scalable and fast-shaping top-down integration technique, Laser Dynamic Forming (LDF), capable of manufacturing 3D functional structures conformal to micro-to-mesoscale curvilinear features on various substrates by the laser-induced shockwave. The functional devices [...]

Universal platform for preparation of functional block copolymers

McCarthy P., Tsarevsky N.V., Jakubowski W., Spanwick J., Matyjaszewski K., ATRP Solutions, Inc., US

Block copolymers with hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments can assemble to generate a variety of nano-scale structures. Additionally, block copolymers have tremendous potential to improve the performance of commercial products in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, adhesives and detergents [...]