Elisa Riedo, a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and her colleagues have uncovered a fundamental friction law that is helping to improve the knowledge of how energy is lost during friction and how to create two-dimensional materials that waste as little energy as possible.
Scientists from the National Research Center in Cairo, Egypt, have reported the development of a hydrophobic thin film coating for harvested fruit preservation. Their findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports.
By Reginald Davey
4 Nov 2022
How can we remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere- New findings suggest a promising answer lies in a simple, economical and potentially reusable material analyzed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists from several institutions have determined why this material works as well as it does.
Scientists from Russia and China have reviewed current progress in the synthesis of bacterial cellulose-based nanocomposites and their potential applications. Their findings have been published in the journal Polymers.
By Reginald Davey
4 Nov 2022
Thorlabs announced today that it has expanded its Spectral-Domain OCT (SD-OCT) offering with the release of the HG10 Holographic Grating Spectrometer, a fiber-based, high-speed spectrometer that provides sub-nanometer resolution in the optical range of 810 to 965 nm.
Materials known as single crystals have no grain boundaries and have a continuous, uninterrupted crystal lattice that extends to the sample’s edges.
Huntsman today announced the launch of ACOUSTIFLEX® VEF BIO system – a pioneering bio-based viscoelastic foam technology for molded acoustic applications in the automotive industry that contains up to 20% bio-based content, derived from vegetable oils.
A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal npj Flexible Electronics that investigated the changes in optoelectronic properties of flexible kesterite thin film solar cells (SCs) under mechanical stress.
By Samudrapom Dam
3 Nov 2022
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Advanced Science, researchers discussed the development of a high-temperature, rechargeable, all-organic, fast-charging potassium battery.
By Surbhi Jain
3 Nov 2022
With climate change intensifying the summer heat, there is a great demand for cooling technologies for buildings.
In the field of molecular magnetism, the design of devices with technological applications at the nanoscale -;quantum computing, molecular spintronics, magnetic cooling, nanomedicine, high-density information storage, etc.-; requires those magnetic molecules that are placed on the surface to preserve their structure, functionality and properties.
A paper recently published in the journal Small Structures reviewed synthetic strategies and applications of hierarchically porous metal-organic frameworks (HP-MOFs).
By Samudrapom Dam
2 Nov 2022
Electrifying public transportation is a key strategy to reduce carbon emissions in urban areas.
By Reginald Davey
2 Nov 2022
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Honeycomb structures are extensively utilized in materials engineering due to their attractive structural and mechanical characteristics, like low weight and high porosity.