Tag: Composite Materials
Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light
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A new material developed by CU Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg...
Extrusion Speed Key to Improving FDM Part Quality?
Additive manufacturing technologies continue to develop extremely rapidly. By their principal capacity of reproducing any given geometric complexity, they leave all the classical approaches...
High performance graphene-based catalysts
NUS scientists have developed design guidelines that increase the catalytic effectiveness of graphene-based solid-state catalysts for potential industrial applications.
Catalysts are widely used in the...
Novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on...
Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3D print complex objects of one of the highest-performing...
Computing catalysts—team unlocks the molecular secrets to a popular polymer
Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a workhorse polymer that is found in a multitude of products, ranging from chewing gum to tires, to engine oil and...
A novel graphene quantum dot structure takes the cake
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to...
Rice U. lab finds evidence of matter-matter coupling
After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar effect...
Perfect inversion of complex structures
Perfectly inverting complex structures is of great technical importance. Researchers at ETH have now succeeded in turning the magnetic and electric structure of materials...
GM’s Use of 3-D Printing Predicts Cheaper, Better Cars
THE FIRST THING that hits you, the signal that this drab Michigan office building is a bit cooler than an average office building, is...
LG Innotek Introduces ‘Visible Disinfection Lighting’ Solution
LG Innotek today announced ‘Visible Disinfection Lighting’, which is a functional light source that gives the effect of sterilization by sunlight with the indoor...
