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Nanomaterials Made Quick and Easy

A research team led by Prof. Bian Liming of the Department of Biomedical Engineering developed a novel approach to preparing single-chain nanomaterial which boasts an over 20-fold increase in efficiency over traditional methods. The ability to precisely control the structure and the functions of molecular-level designs as in synthetic materials means much to researchers, because they are crucial to regulating the properties and functions of the last at various scales. Traditionally, single-chain polymeric nanoparticles or nano-gels can only be produced in limited yield, which severely hinders the wide application of such nano-objects. By dramatically easing their production, the nanomaterials can now be produced on a large scale, enabling their use in gene or drug delivery, protection of stem cells and regulation of stem cells behaviour, which are of great significance in stem cell therapy, stem cell tissue engineering application and scientific research. This influential biomedical study was published in Nature Communications.

This article was originally published in No. 542, Newsletter in Sep 2019.