Tag: thermoplastic
Polymer-Coated Cathode Improves Lithium Ion Battery Performance
Argonne has found a new vapor deposition technique to coat lithium-ion battery cathodes with a polymer to improve life cycle and performance.
The reactions of...
New bioplastic food packaging degrades in a couple of years
Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Lithuania has created biodegradable plastic, which decays in a compost bin in a couple of...
Copper3D wins new grant from NASA for antimicrobial 3D printing
NASA Nebraska Space Grant office provided funding to examine the development, validation, and mechanically characterization of antimicrobial 3D printed medical devices for astronauts. The...
A new technology era in 3-D printing
Mechanical engineering researchers are inventing game-changing technologies and developing a Renaissance in 3-D printing.
In the mid-15th century, a new technology that would change the...
Plastic Machining Company Solutions for Process Industries Ahead of SAMPE 2019...
Plastic Machining Company (PMC) highlights the benefits of high-performance plastics and their increased roll in process industry applications ahead of the 2019 SAMPE (North...
Thermoplastic composites recycling process
The ThermoPlastic composites Application Center (TPAC, Enschede, the Netherlands) and the Thermoplastic Research Centre (TPRC, Enschede, the Netherlands) have developed a new recycling process...
The Lego Group team up with Blind Associations to pilot Lego...
Motivated by stories and ideas from blind people around the world, the LEGO Foundation, and LEGO Group will pilot a grassroots innovation that can...
3-D printed microscope for medical diagnostics
Researchers have used 3D printing to make an inexpensive and portable high-resolution microscope that is small and robust enough to use in the field...
Welding thermoplastic composites
Unlike composites made with a thermoset matrix, thermoplastic composites (TPCs) require neither complex chemical reactions nor lengthy curing processes. Thermoplastic prepregs require no refrigeration,...
Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according to researchers at Penn...
