Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Berkeley Lab Scientists Create ‘Molecular Paper’

Now, Berkeley Lab scientists have made the largest two-dimensional polymer crystal self-assembled in water to date. This entirely new material mirrors the…

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Printed Origami: A New Technique for Complex Structures

The team will publish their novel technique in the April 14 online edition of the journal Advanced Materials.Small, intricate shapes made of metals, ceramics…

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Brown University Unveils New Principle in Material Science

Brown University scientists may have figured out a way. In a paper published in Nature, Huajian Gao and researchers from the University of Alabama and China…

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NC State Research Advancements in Ceramics Manufacturing

Ceramics make up significant components of an array of products, including insulators, spark plugs, fuel cells, body armor, gas turbines, nuclear rods, high…

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Researchers Discover New, Controllable State in Ferroelectric Nanowires

Lydie Louis and Laurent Bellaiche of the University of Arkansas; P. Gemeiner, G. Geneste and B. Dkhil of the École Centrale Paris; Inna Ponomareva of the…

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Green Tech: Energy-Saving Lamps Illuminate Sustainable Innovation

Labels, forms, cards and lottery and raffle tickets are personalised by ink jet or laser printers. These inks must be completely dried or cured before the…

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Technical Paper Demonstrates Positive Global Impact of Next Generation of “Greener” Latex

The paper, titled “Balancing Material Acquisition and Production Costs: Quantifying the True Cost of Aluminum Hydroxide Treated Natural Rubber Latex,” was…

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New Spintronics Material Enhances Next-Gen Microelectronics

As the electronics industry works toward developing smaller and more compact devices, the need to create new types of scaled-down semiconductors that are more…

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Tiles from eggshells?

Five scientists, Rassimi Abdul Ghani, Mohd Hanafiah Abidin, Ahmad Zafir Romli, Mohd Hariz Kamarudin, Zaleha Afandi and Muhamad Faizal Abd Halim of the…

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DNA Nanotechnology Breakthrough: New Frontiers in Medicine

A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes – tiny “magic…

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Spider Silk: Unveiling Nature’s Strongest Material

Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for…

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Long Polymer Chains: A New Dance in Material Science

Led by Steve Granick, Founder Professor of Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, of chemistry, of chemical and biomolecular…

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Unlocking Silk’s Secrets: New Insights into Super-Strength

Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials science, but scientists are finally catching up. Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less…

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Turning Water Into Hydrogen Fuel By Recycling Energy Waste

The process is simple, efficient and recycles otherwise-wasted energy into a useable form.”This study provides a simple and cost-effective technology for…

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Breakthrough in Graphene Production: Key to Future Innovations

Called graphene, the material consists of a layer of graphite 50,000 times thinner than a human hair with unique electronic properties. Their study appears in…

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Cotton is the fabric of your lights…your iPod…your MP3 player…your cell phone

Now, the laboratory of Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, has developed cotton threads that can conduct electric current…

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