Ivan P Parkin

Nov 27, 2024 | nature.com | Adrian Najer |Patrick Charchar |Kersti Karu |Colleen N. Loynachan |John Tregoning |Ivan P Parkin | +3 more

AbstractStaphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of nosocomial implant-associated infections, causing significant morbidity and mortality, underscoring the need for rapid, non-invasive, and cost-effective diagnostics. Here, we optimise the synthesis of renal-clearable gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) for enhanced catalytic activity with the aim of developing a sensitive colourimetric diagnostic for bacterial infection.

Oct 21, 2024 | nature.com | Manish Tiwari |Ivan P Parkin

AbstractSelf-adaptive thermoregulation, the mechanism living organisms use to balance their temperature, holds great promise for decarbonizing cooling and heating processes. This functionality can be effectively emulated by engineering the thermal emissivity of materials to adapt to background temperature variations. Yet, solutions that marry large emissivity switching (\(\varDelta \epsilon\)) with scalability, cost-effectiveness, and design freedom are still lacking.