Tag: PlasticStar
Study Opens Door to New Class of Slippery, Water-Loving Surfaces
Arun Kumar Kota: akota2@ncsu.edu
Matt Shipman: matt_shipman@ncsu.edu
Study Opens Door to New Class of Slippery, Water-Loving Surfaces: Researchers have demonstrated that engineered surfaces can be hydrophilic...
Topological Materials Become Switchable
Because they are extremely stable, so-called "topological states" play an important role in materials research. Now, for the first time, it has been possible...
Smart Plastic: Material is Soft, Flexible Robotics, and Electronics
Smart Plastic: Material is Soft, Flexible Robotics, and Electronics: AUSTIN, Texas — Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University...
Laser can Spin Electrons Right Round in 2D Material
Laser can Spin Electrons Right Round in 2D Material: In thin, two-dimensional semiconductors, electrons move, spin and synchronize in unusual ways. For researchers, understanding...
Thermoformable Ceramics, ‘A New Frontier in Materials’
By Ian Thomson
Thermoformable Ceramics, 'A New Frontier in Materials': It was one of those happy accidents of science. Northeastern professor Randall Erb and Ph.D. student...
Physicists Take Self-Assembly to New Level by Mimicking Biology
Breakthrough Opens Up New Possibilities for Creation of Next Generation of Materials
Physicists Take Self-Assembly to New Level by Mimicking Biology: A team of physicists...
Scientists use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery
Scientists use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery: A new computational approach will improve understanding of different states of carbon and guide the search...
Engineers Develop a New Kind of Shape-Memory Material
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
The ceramic-based material could be used for highly efficient actuators for aircraft or other uses, with minimal moving parts.
Engineers Develop...
Magnetic Field Helps Battery Electrodes Tackle Electric Vehicles
Magnetic Field Helps Battery Electrodes Tackle Electric Vehicles: AUSTIN, Texas — As electric vehicles grow in popularity, the spotlight shines more brightly on some...
Next Generation Material for Solar Panels and LED Displays
Next Generation Material for Solar Panels and LED Displays: Due to their very high efficiency in transporting electric charges from light, perovskites are known...
