Cosmos Magazine
Cosmos Magazine
a year ago

Using the milk-skin effect to make smart biomaterials

Using the milk-skin effect to make smart biomaterials
Ellen Phiddian
The film that forms on heated milk – the "skin" – is displaying a clever chemical reaction that could be used to make materials from solid-state batteries to wearable electronics sensors. An international team of researchers has adapted the milk-skin reaction into a quick and simple way to make flexible gels from sustainable biological materials. […]

Publisher URL: https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/materials/milk-skin-ionogels/

DOI: 7916.28508.b621cfd5-fd7e-4441-aecc-f47c341a66c1.1684023695

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