Aerogel – the micro structural material of the future
Thermal insulation for miniature components -printed in 3DCredit: EMPA Behind the simple headline "Additive manufacturing of silica aerogels" - the ...
Tag: Polymer Chemistry
Small enzyme-mimicking polymers may have helped start life
ELSI scientists find that small highly branched polymers which may have formed spontaneously on early Earth can mimic modern biological ...
Army researchers explore self-healing materials
Credit: (Courtesy Texas A&M University ) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army and Texas A&M University researchers developed a new ...
Wearable sensors printed on natural materials analyze substances present in sweat
Applied to skin as a piece of sticking plaster, the device developed by Brazilian researchers can be used to monitor ...
‘Cyborg’ technology could enable new diagnostics, merger of humans and AI
Credit: David Martin WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2020 -- Although true "cyborgs" -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science ...
Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics, futuristic army platforms
Researchers have developed a new family of polymers that can self-heal, have shape memory and are recyclableCredit: Texas A&M University ...
Dynamic membranes set to solve problems of liquid waste treatment
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringCredit: Kazan Federal University The co-authors, Associate Professor Dinar ...
Spider silk inspires new class of functional synthetic polymers
Credit: Giuseppe Portale, University of Groningen Synthetic polymers have changed the world around us, and it would be hard to ...
Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage
Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for energy storageCredit: Mihri Ozkan & Cengiz Ozkan/UC Riverside What if you ...
Nanocrystals from recycled wood waste make carbon-fiber composites tougher
Credit: Dr. Amir Asadi/Texas A&M University College of Engineering Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon fibers epitomize composite materials ...
Storing energy in red bricks
Credit: D'Arcy laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks ...
Oil-soluble transition metal-based catalysts tested for in-situ oil upgrading
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in early access in FuelCredit: Kazan Federal University Reducing the viscosity of heavy ...
Epirubicin-loaded nanomedicines beat immune checkpoint blockade resistance in glioblastoma
Credit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine Summary: A nanomedicine-based strategy for chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) of glioblastoma (GBM), which has the worst ...
A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens
EPFL researchers developed a filter "paper" made from titanium oxide nanowires which is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them ...
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