Tag: Advanced Materials
Research Team Develops Process for Bio-Based Nylon
Electrons and microbes are the decisive factor in this
Research Team Develops Process for Bio-Based Nylon: Until now, nylon has been produced from petroleum-based raw materials....
Producing Large, Clean 2D Materials Made Easy: Just KISS
Ever since the discovery of the two-dimensional form of graphite (called graphene) almost twenty years ago, interest in 2D materials with their special physical...
Liquid Metal Sticks to Surfaces without a Binding Agent
Liquid Metal Sticks to Surfaces without a Binding Agent: Everyday materials such as paper and plastic could be transformed into electronic “smart devices” by...
New Associative Polymers Reveal their Workings
New Associative Polymers Reveal their Workings: A University of Virginia-led study about a class of materials called associative polymers appears to challenge a long-held...
Collecting New Synthesized Quantum Materials
Virtual laboratory opens possibility for machine learning to understand promising class of quantum materials
Collecting New Synthesized Quantum Materials: Thomas Edison famously tried hundreds of...
Advancing Material Innovation to Address the Polymer Waste Crisis
MIT researchers work to discover biodegradable polyesters, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, J-WAFS, and DIC Corp.
Advancing Material Innovation to Address...
New Material Transforms Light, Creating New Possibilities for Solar
New Material Transforms Light, Creating New Possibilities for Solar: AUSTIN, Texas — A group of scientists and engineers that includes researchers from The University...
Rubber Materials Taking a Beating Without Losing Their Bounce
Rubber Materials Taking a Beating Without Losing Their Bounce: DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to the environmental impacts of cars, much ink has...
Metamaterials with Built-In Frustration have Mechanical Memory
Researchers from the UvA-Institute of Physics and ENS de Lyon have discovered how to design materials that necessarily have a point or line where...
This Salty Gel could Harvest Water from Desert Air
A new material developed by MIT engineers exhibits “record-breaking” vapor absorption.
This Salty Gel could Harvest Water from Desert Air: MIT engineers have synthesized a...