Microfluidic chip platforms for manipulating liquid volumes in the nanoliter range are slowly
inching their way into mainstream genomic and proteomic research. The principal challenge …

Biomimetics is the study of nature and natural phenomena to understand the principles of
underlying mechanisms, to obtain ideas from nature, and to apply concepts that may benefit …

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to review available information regarding
development, structure, and function of Bowman's layer in the...

The purification of nucleic acids from microbial and mammalian cells is a crucial step in
many biological and medical applications 1 . We have developed microfluidic chips for …

Pd–Pt alloy nanocrystals (NCs) with hollow structures such as nanocages with porous walls
and dendritic hollow structures and Pd@Pt core–shell dendritic NCs could be selectively …

Gene inventory and metagenomic techniques have allowed rapid exploration of bacterial
diversity and the potential physiologies present within microbial communities. However, it …

During the past decade, bimetallic nanocrystals (NCs) with core–shell and alloy structures
have attracted tremendous research interest because of their prominent catalytic activities and …

Precise control over the topology of plasmonic metal–semiconductor heteronanostructures
is essential for fully harnessing their plasmonic function and hence for designing innovative …

The ability to bioengineer three-dimensional (3D) tissues is a potentially powerful approach
to treat diverse diseases such as cancer, loss of tissue function, or organ failure. Traditional …

Au nanocrystals (NCs) with an unprecedented hexoctahedral structure enclosed exclusively
by high-index {321} facets have been prepared for the first time. Manipulating the NC …