Demonstration of Femtosecond Laser Induced Refractive Index Change in Silk-Fibroin Hydrogels

Demonstration of Femtosecond Laser Induced Refractive Index Change in Silk-Fibroin Hydrogels: A New Hope for Future Ophthalmic Biocompatible Implants In today’s era of advanced biotechnology and rapid developments in the biomedical field, refractive correction techniques have become a global research hotspot in ophthalmology. However, current corre...

Surface Structural Changes in Silicone Rubber Due to Electrical Tracking

Cutting-Edge Scientific News: Research Reveals Degradation Mechanisms of Silicone Rubber under Electrical Tracking Background: Motivation and Challenges With the rapid development of power transmission and distribution systems, polymer composite insulators have gradually replaced traditional glass and ceramic insulators as the preferred materials f...

Superconductivity in 5.0° Twisted Bilayer WSe2

Background Introduction In recent years, the discovery of superconductivity in twisted bilayer and trilayer graphene has sparked widespread interest. The key feature of these systems lies in the interplay between interlayer coupling and moiré superlattices, which gives rise to low-energy flat bands with strong correlations. Similar flat bands can a...

Design and Application of 4D-Printed Snake-like Biomimetic Soft Robots

Design and Application of 4D-Printed Snake-like Biomimetic Soft Robots

4D-Printed Biomimetic Snake-like Soft Robot Academic Background With advancements in medical technology, the ability of wireless microrobots to navigate complex vascular networks within living organisms has garnered significant attention. These robots can perform precise medical tasks in confined spaces, such as targeted drug delivery, endoscopic e...

Reduced Graphene Oxide-Mediated Electron–Hole Separation Using Titanium Dioxide Increases the Photocatalytic Antibacterial Activity of Bone Scaffolds

Study on Reduced Graphene Oxide-Mediated Titanium Dioxide Photocatalytic Antibacterial Bone Scaffolds Academic Background Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications following the implantation of artificial bone scaffolds during bone defect repair. Bacteria form biofilms on the scaffold surface, releasing acids and enzymes that inte...