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Focus on Biomaterials, bio-inspired materials and biosensors
This web focus features a selection of articles on topics that range from biomaterials such as cellulose or silk protein to bio-inspired materials such as polymer nanotubes and topological nanostructures to functional device concepts such as DNA computers or nanowire biosensors.
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Implementation of half adder and half subtractor with a simple and universal DNA-based platform Open
Shanling Xu, Hailong Li, Yuqing Miao, Yaqing Liu and Erkang Wang
NPG Asia Materials 5: e76; Published online, 13 December 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.66
Bio-inspired soft polystyrene nanotube substrate for rapid and highly efficient breast cancer-cell capture Open
Xueli Liu, Li Chen, Hongliang Liu, Gao Yang, Pengchao Zhang, Dong Han, Shutao Wang and Lei Jiang
NPG Asia Materials 5: e63; Published online, 20 September 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.43
Scaffolded biosensors with designed DNA nanostructures Open
Hao Pei, Xiaolei Zuo, Dun Pan, Jiye Shi, Qing Huang and Chunhai Fan
NPG Asia Materials 5: e51; Published online, 14 June 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.22
Production of a novel silk-like protein from sea anemone and fabrication of wet-spun and electrospun marine-derived silk fibers Open
Yun Jung Yang, Yoo Seong Choi, Dooyup Jung, Byung Rak Park, Woon Bong Hwang, Hyun Woo Kim and Hyung Joon Cha
NPG Asia Materials 5: e50; Published online, 07 June 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.19
Lipid-nanostructure hybrids and their applications in nanobiotechnology Open
Young Kwang Lee, Hyojin Lee and Jwa-Min Nam
NPG Asia Materials 5: e48; Published online, 17 May 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2013.13
Specific and label-free femtomolar biomarker detection with an electrostatically formed nanowire biosensor Open
Gil Shalev, Guy Landman, Iddo Amit, Yossi Rosenwaks and Ilan Levy
NPG Asia Materials 5: e41; Published online, 01 March 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2012.75
Tunable nano-replication to explore the omniphobic characteristics of springtail skin Open
René Hensel, Ralf Helbig, Sebastian Aland, Axel Voigt, Christoph Neinhuis and Carsten Werner
NPG Asia Materials 5: e37; Published online, 01 February 2013; doi:10.1038/am.2012.66
Configurable 2D and 3D spheroid tissue cultures on bioengineered surfaces with acquisition of epithelial–mesenchymal transition characteristics Open
Ching-Te Kuo, Chi-Ling Chiang, Ruby Yun-Ju Huang, Hsinyu Lee and Andrew M Wo
NPG Asia Materials 4: e27; Published online, 21 September 2012; doi:10.1038/am.2012.50
Highly conductive and stretchable conductors fabricated from bacterial cellulose Open
Hai-Wei Liang, Qing-Fang Guan, Zhu- Zhu, Lu-Ting Song, Hong-Bin Yao, Xuan Lei and Shu-Hong Yu
NPG Asia Materials 4: e19; Published online, 01 June 2012; doi:10.1038/am.2012.34
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