Interest in additive manufacturing (AM) of polymers has intensified significantly in recent
years as various industrial and research sectors begin to recognize the benefits of the …

Methods for depositing thin films are important in generating functional materials for diverse
applications in a wide variety of fields. Over the last half-century, the layer-by-layer assembly …

As the world human population and industrialization keep growing, the water availability
issue has forced scientists, engineers, and legislators of water supply industries to better …

Nano-bioelectronics represents a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that combines
nanomaterials with biology and electronics and, in so doing, offers the potential to overcome …

Abstract 3D printing (additive manufacturing (AM)) has enormous potential for rapid tooling
and mass production due to its design flexibility and significant reduction of the timeline from …

Lightweight and strong structural materials attract much attention due to their strategic
applications in sports, transportation, aerospace, and biomedical industries. Nacre exhibits …

The alignment of anisotropic particles during ink deposition directly affects the microstructure
and properties of materials manufactured by extrusion-based 3D printing. Although particle …

Catalysis is a key component of “green chemistry”, and one of the urgently needed
challenges facing chemists now is the design and use of environmentally benign catalysts …

Within the field of nanotechnology, nanoparticles are one of the most prominent and
promising candidates for technological applications. Self-assembly of nanoparticles has …

Upconversion (UC) refers to nonlinear optical processes in which the sequential absorption
of two or more photons leads to the emission of light at shorter wavelength than the …