A special sensor construction for strain measurement was developed in a research project at Günter-Köhler-Institut für Fügetechnik und Werkstoffprüfung GmbH…
Graphene — carbon atoms packed in a honeycomb lattice — exhibits exceptional physical and electronic properties not found in conventional materials. Decorating…
Now, a team of polymer scientists and a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered exactly how the gecko does it, leading them to…
This advance, published online in the journal Advanced Materials, allows the production of tissue culture scaffolds containing multiple structurally and…
One common reason that people with fillings experience toothache is that their fillings expand at a different rate to the original tooth when, for example,…
The fact that paper can bend but not stretch is the key to this remarkable invention, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. Led by…
These carbon nanotubes — made of graphene, an atom-thick sheet of carbon — have the perfect ingredients for improving laser detectors and rechargeable…
Packaging, insulation, and impact protection are examples of commercial uses of polymer foams. Depending on the intended application, the properties required…
The potential applications of such optical fibres include improved telecommunications and other hybrid optical/electronic technologies. This transatlantic team…
The potential applications of such optical fibers include improved telecommunications and other hybrid optical and electronic technologies, improved laser…
One area of intensive research at the nanoscale is the creation of electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires. Promising exceptional electrical…
With unique properties and potential applications in areas from electronics to biodevices, graphene, which consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms, has been…
The environmentally-friendly paint uses nanotechnology to detect movement in large structures, and could shape the future of safety monitoring.Traditional…
An electric field can displace the cloud of electrons surrounding each atom of a solid. In an effect known as polarization, the cloud centers move away…
Jak Chakhalian of the University of Arkansas, A.J. Millis of Columbia University and J. Rondinelli of Drexel University present their ideas in the current…
“We’re optimistic that this new approach could lead to large-scale production of stretchable conductors, which would then expedite research and development of…
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