Here is a sneak preview of two of the hot papers from the upcoming Mechanoresponive Materials themed issue.
Tailored design of mechanically sensitive biocatalytic assemblies based on polyelectrolyte multilayers by Damien Mertz, Cédric Vogt, Joseph Hemmerlé, Christian Debry, Jean-Claude Voegel, Pierre Schaaf and Philippe Lavalle, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03496G (Advance Article)
High-resolution 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopic studies of the response of spinel aluminates to mechanical action by Vladimir Šepelák, Ingo Bergmann, Sylvio Indris, Armin Feldhoff, Horst Hahn, Klaus Dieter Becker, Clare P. Grey and Paul Heitjans, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03721D (Advance Article)
