Tag: Advanced Materials
A super green fuel for fuel cells
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap by-product from paper manufacture...
3D Printed Titanium Implant Helps Man Regain Mobility
Amit Bhanot of India was, in his own words, “a perfectly normal kid who enjoyed bicycling, playing cricket and other sports” until 1991, when...
Simple equation directs creation of clean-energy catalysts
New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more effcient catalysts geared toward revving up the...
Twisting cracks impart superhero toughness to animals
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Super-resilient materials found in the animal kingdom owe their strength and toughness to a design strategy that causes cracks to...
New way to create lithium metal electrodes for batteries
Researchers at Yale and Donghua University in China have developed a new process for creating lithium metal that may boost the energy and capacity...
The photoexcited graphene puzzle solved
Light detection and control lie at the heart of many modern device applications, such as the cameras in phones. Using graphene as a light-sensitive...
3D Printed Surface Helps Researchers Prevent Watermarks
A new way to control how liquids dry on surfaces which could bring benefits to a range of industries has been discovered by researchers...
3D printing of a wearable personalized oral delivery device
Despite the burgeoning interest in three-dimensional (3D) printing for the manufacture of customizable oral dosage formulations, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved tablet notwithstanding,...
3D Systems and Huntington Ingalls Partner to Transform U.S. Navy Shipbuilding
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) announced its collaboration with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division to qualify metal additive...
Greener high-performance polymers
Energy needed to make composite similar to those in Boeing’s Dreamliner cut by nine orders of magnitude
High-performance polymers used in top-of-the-line aircraft can be...
