Newswise — What if a complex material could reshape itself in response to a simple chemical signal? A team of physicists from the University of Vienna and the University of Edinburgh has shown that ...
Newswise — Vascular implants, including stents, are widely used to reopen blocked or narrowed vessels and restore blood flow. Conventional stents are often constructed from metals or thermally ...
A recent study in Nature Communications presents a new class of shape memory polymer (SMP) surfaces embedded with nanotips. These surfaces feature tunable nanoscale roughness, enabling adjustable dry ...