Tag: Advanced Materials
Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials
by Ben Peltz, California Institute of Technology
Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials: Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed...
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling ‘Associating Polymers’
by Kaitlyn Landram, Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling 'Associating Polymers': When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental...
Rare Earth Materials on the Molecular Level
by Wiley
Rare Earth Materials on the Molecular Level: Rare-earth metals are indispensable for many technical products, from smartphones, laptops, batteries, electromotors, and wind turbines, to...
New Animal Inspired Lightweight Designs
By Rachel Crowell
The animals could inspire the creation of strong, but lightweight new materials
Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common...
Material that can Learn Like the Brain
by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Material that can Learn Like the Brain: EPFL researchers have discovered that Vanadium Dioxide (VO2), a compound used in electronics,...
New Battery Electrode Material Welcomes Calcium Ions
Concerns over scarcity, high prices and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
Scientists Encode ‘Wizard of Oz’ in a Vanishingly Small Plastic
by Esther Robards-Forbes, University of Texas at Austin
Imagine scientists encode small plastic being able to hide an extremely complex encryption password or detailed financial information...
AI Tackles the Challenge of Materials Structure Prediction
by University of Cambridge
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the...
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...
