Tag: Advanced Material
Chemistry and force etch mysterious spiral patterns on solid surfaces
UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally left out overnight....
Novel Recycling Process Gives Old Plastics New Life
Using greener catalysts, Northwestern researchers break down and rebuild polyurethane to make new foam
Novel Recycling Process Gives Old Plastics New Life: Polyurethane plastics are...
Boron Nitride Composite Useful for Advanced Technology
Boron nitride-based nanocomposites have unexpected properties, researchers discovered
Boron Nitride Composite Useful for Advanced Technology: Just as carbon makes up both the brittle core of...
2D Printing Creating the World’s Thinnest Gold
2D Printing Creating the World's Thinnest Gold : Scientists at the University of Leeds have created a new form of gold which is just...
Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials
Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials: Nature has optimized a vast variety of processes through selection and evolution. However, many of them remain...
Physicists Discover Transformable Nano-Scale Electronic Devices
The finding has potential to fundamentally change the nature of these items
Physicists Discover Transformable Nano-Scale Electronic Devices: Irvine, Calif., April 17, 2023 — The...
Biodegradable Paper Sensor Detects Spoiled Food
Biodegradable Paper Sensor Detects Spoiled Food: Smart paper packaging with built-in sensors could offer real-time warnings of spoiled food or temperature conditions likely to...
A Crystal Shape Conundrum is Finally Solve
Rice theorists’ method can predict shapes of crystals that lack symmetry
A Crystal Shape Conundrum is Finally Solve: A crystal’s shape is determined by its...
Machine Learning Predicts Metal-Organic Framework Heat Capacities
Machine Learning Predicts Metal-Organic Framework Heat Capacities: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of materials that contain nano-sized pores. These pores give MOFs record-breaking...
Smart Plastic: Material is Soft, Flexible Robotics, and Electronics
Smart Plastic: Material is Soft, Flexible Robotics, and Electronics: AUSTIN, Texas — Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University...