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Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential – EurekAlert
Made of synthetic collagen, the new nanomaterial may have a range of biomedical applications, from controlled-release drug delivery to tissue engineering.
IMAGE: Fluorescent micrograph, above, shows the new nanomaterial in sheet form. The white scale bar is 4 micrometers in the main photo and 2 micrometers in the inset photo.
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Credit: Conticello Lab
Chemists have developed a nanomaterial that they can trigger to shape shift — from flat sheets to tubes and back to sheets again — in a controllable fashion. The Journal of the American Chemical Society published a description of the nanomaterial, which was developed at Emory University and…
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