Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films ...

Self-assembly is the process by which an organized ... A platform for the rapid and high-throughput preparation of polymer nanoparticles from polymers in flow is developed, allowing for the ...

However, unlike natural self-assembly processes, which terminate once the structure reaches a certain size, artificial ones tend to continue indefinitely. For example, the protein shell of a virus ...

Functional materials can be created with rational self-assembly of building blocks over a broad range of length scales, from small molecules and polymers to nanoparticles and nanowires. Northwestern ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterial protein, the structure of which is being used in the design of protein nanoparticles ... easily control the assembly and disassembly ...

Precision NanoSystems is developing nanoparticle-delivered drugs through ... by validated software to control the nanomedicine self-assembly process both spatially and temporally to produce ...

Polysiloxane materials, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based elastomers, exhibit a self-healing capability by the ...