Hidden Distortions Trigger Promising Thermoelectric Property
UPTON, NY—In a world of materials that normally expand upon heating, one that shrinks along one 3D axis while expanding along another stands out....
Army Developed Multi-Filament Polymer for 3D Printing in the Field
The Army Research Lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland developed a new type of multi-polymer filament for desktop 3-D printers, saving money and facilitating fast...
New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.
The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its...
Controlling how “odd couple” Surfaces and Liquids Interact
Spread out or bead up? A new process enables control over liquid-solid interfaces even with the most unlikely pairs of materials.
David Chandler | MIT News Office
The...
New Ultrathin Film can Autonomously Switch from Dark to Light
Researchers from KAIST created an optical film technology that allows smart windows to autonomously switch between being transparent and opaque in response to light...
Uncovering the Secret of Ternary Polymer Solar Cell Success
A University of Tsukuba and Hiroshima University team takes a close look at a ternary polymer solar cell in operation to see why the...
Self-Templating, Solvent-Free Supramolecular Polymer Synthesis
A polymer that catalyzes its own formation in an environmentally friendly solvent-free process has been developed by an all-RIKEN team of chemists. The discovery...
New Lightweight Material is Stronger than Steel
The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions.
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT...
Plant-Based Component could Boost Bacterial Production of Biodegradable Plastic
Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the “What,” “So...
Multifunctionality of Nanoengineered Self-Sensing Lattices Enabled by Additive Manufacturing
Authors:
Jabir Ubaid,Johannes Schneider,Vikram S. Deshpande,Brian L. Wardle,Shanmugam Kumar
Introduction
Cellular forms are omnipresent in nature and are found in wood, cork, beehives, sponge, and bone where the performance or function...
