Glimpse inside a graphene sandwich
In the search for novel types of superconductors – phases of matter that that conduct electric current without loss – scientists are investigating materials that consist of multiple layers. A team led by theoretical...
New Report Underscores Need for Transparent Certification Process for Plastic Made by Advanced Recycling
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week submitted its report, “An Assessment of Mass Balance Accounting Methods for Polymers Workshop Report,” to Congress. The following statement may be attributed to Joshua...
NonOilen Biodegradable 3d Filament
Fillamentum, a Czech manufacturer of filaments for the 3D printing industry, is showcasing its new NonOilen filament at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
Developed in collaboration with the Slovak University of Technology, the polylactic acid/polyhydroxy butyrate...
Carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices – nanometer-sized carbon structures – that are stronger than diamonds as a ratio...
Microstructures Self-Assemble into New Materials
A new process developed at Caltech makes it possible for the first time to manufacture large quantities of materials whose structure is designed at a nanometer scale—the size of DNA's double helix.
Pioneered by Caltech...
Lasers could take 3-D printing to next level
Cars that go more than 1,000 miles on a single fill-up and smartphones that can run for days without recharging are among the possibilities that could come out of a new Clemson University research...
Physicists shed X-ray light on melting polymers
Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Lomonosov Moscow State University have combined thermal analysis and X-ray scattering—two techniques for studying crystal structure—in one experimental setup to investigate semi-crystalline polymers.
Over...
3D Printed Resistors From Electrically Conductive Filament
In a paper entitled “Characterization of resistors created by fused filament fabrication using electrically-conductive filament,” a pair of researchers 3D prints resistors using electrically conductive carbon black and graphene-based filament.
“With this novel capability to...
3D Systems Breakthrough Material to Enable Digital Production of Plastic Parts
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) unveiled Figure 4 Production Black 10 (PRO-BLK 10) - a revolutionary production material for additive manufacturing applications that enables manufacturers to directly produce end-use plastic parts without tooling. This results in...
Colossus unveils large-scale 3D printer for recycled plastics with Mitsubishi Chemical
Colossus, a machine development startup based in Genk, Belgium, has released what is said to be the largest Fused Granular Fabrication (FGF) 3D printer specifically designed to process recycled materials.
“Clients requested a way to...
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