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Chemists at Emory University, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, and Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland have developed a nanomaterial that can be triggered to shape-shift – from flat sheets to tubes and back to sheets again – in a controllable way. The nanomaterial holds potential for a range of biomedical applications, from controlled-release drug delivery to tissue engineering.
