Congratulations to Maxi on having his first first-authored paper “High-Performance Dopamine-Based Supramolecular Bio-Adhesives” accepted in Macromolecular Rapid Communications!

Sutures are invasive and prone to infection, but a new class of supramolecular-based adhesives offers a better solution. In this study, dopamine-based polymers were synthesized, resulting in highly effective, non-cytotoxic adhesives with mechanical strength superior to commercial bio-adhesives like BioGlue and Tisseel. These adhesives can re-adhere, perform well in aqueous environments, and be safely removed with ethanol, demonstrating significant potential for surgical use.

Open access review article from Marcos and co-authors now available in Soft Science.

This review comprehensively examines topics on the interface of soft robotics and chemistry including the utilisation of chemical power sources, oscillating systems, and chemically driven pneumatic actuation.

Link here.

Inside front cover in Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 07 October 2023, Issue 19. Credit to Dr. Villeda Hernandez and his artistic skills.

Back cover of Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 33, Issue 13 illustrating concepts from Xu et al. In the image, the amorphous gel is seen altering and shifting within the non-uniform electric field generated by the point electrode. The electric field lines, depicted by coloured lines, converge at the point electrode.