Tag: Advanced Materials
Develop Electrolyte Enabling High Efficiency Zinc Batteries
Develop Electrolyte Enabling High Efficiency Zinc Batteries: CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists led by an Oregon State University researcher have developed a new electrolyte that...
‘Smart’ Bandages Monitor Wounds and Provide Targeted Treatment
‘Smart' Bandages Monitor Wounds and Provide Targeted Treatment: Most of the time, when someone gets a cut, scrape, burn, or other wound, the body...
Strong Ultralight Material Can Aid Energy Storage Carbon Capture
2D polymers likely candidates for large-scale multifunctional applications
Strong Ultralight Material Can Aid Energy storage carbon capture: 2D materials get their strength from their atom-thin, sheetlike...
Origami-Inspired Robots Can Sense, Analyze, and Act in Challenging Environments
UCLA-led team built chip-free, autonomous OrigaMechs with conductive materials
Origami-Inspired Robots Can Sense, Analyze, and Act in Challenging Environments: Roboticists have been using a technique...
Can Synthetic Polymers Replace the Body’s Natural Proteins?
Can Synthetic Polymers Replace the Body’s Natural Proteins?: Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into...
New Compound Could Lead to Next-Generation Energy Storage Devices
Flexible polymers made with a new generation of the Nobel-winning “click chemistry” reaction find use in capacitors and other applications
New Compound Could Lead to...
Engineered Wood Grows Stronger while Trapping Carbon Dioxide
Rice U. scientists’ method could lower both emissions and building construction costs
Engineered Wood Grows Stronger while Trapping Carbon Dioxide: Rice University scientists have figured out...
MIT Polymer Modular System to Produce Efficient and Scalable Aquabots
The system’s simple repeating elements can assemble into swimming forms ranging from eel-like to wing-shaped.
MIT Polymer Modular System to Produce Efficient and Scalable Aquabots:...
Researchers Develop Elastic Material that is Impervious to Gases and Liquids
Researchers Develop Elastic Material that is Impervious to Gases and Liquids: An international team of researchers has developed a technique that uses liquid metal...
Make Materials Thin Enough, and they Become Ferroelectric
Make Materials Thin Enough, and they Become Ferroelectric: Antiferroelectric materials have electrical properties that make them advantageous for use in high-density energy storage applications....
