Hydrogel materials show promise for diverse applications, particular as biocompatible
materials due to their high water content. Despite advances in hydrogel technology in recent …

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has raised the need for urgent antibacterial requirements
for many commercially important polymers, eg, Epoxy resins (EPs). Meanwhile, intrinsic …

Diamond and graphene are the most widely used carbon allotropes and offer great potential
for develo** mechanical, electronic, energy-storage, and sensor applications. Their …

A smart garment as a “second skin,” is the goal to achieve a similar level of multiple stimuli
as the quantified sensitivity of skin, and most emerging electronic textiles (E-textiles) simply …

The antagonism between strength and corrosion resistance in graphene‐reinforced
aluminum matrix composites is an inherent challenge to designing reliable structural …

The aim of this study was to develop novel konjac glucomannan (KGM)-based highly
antibacterial active films, where five types of films were prepared and compared. The …

Owing to the inferior dispersibility of boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) and weak interfacial
interaction with the matrix, the performance of BNNS‐based composites is usually far below …

Diamond tools experience severe chemical wear when machining ferrous metals, which
hinders their practical applications. In order to improve the wear resistance of diamond …

Research on two-dimensional (2D) materials has been explosively increasing in last
seventeen years in varying subjects including condensed matter physics, electronic …

Two‐dimensional nanomaterials, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides,
MXenes, and other layered compounds, are the subject of intense theoretical and …