A 3D-printed Stamp Form Die (SFD) metal mold was developed through a partnership between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Boeing Company to explore state-of-the-art manufacturing methods for SFD tooling in thermoplastic composite production. The SFD will be used by Boeing to contribute to NASA's Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project.
A ChemRxiv preprint reviewing 58 new materials-science foundation models found that 52 used a single data modality, while only six combined multiple modalities, and none combined multimodality with explicit physical grounding. The authors propose a framework that combines harmonized materials data, physics-aware multi-modal architectures, efficient specialization, and rigorous validation, although such a unified model has yet to be demonstrated.
Carbon fiber is a key component in automobile manufacturing, aerospace engineering and energy infrastructure, but it mostly relies on petroleum-derived products, which can be expensive and contribute to carbon emissions.
Professor Do Hyun Ryu's research team in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed two new asymmetric catalytic methods for the precise synthesis of complex molecules using chiral organic catalysts. The team demonstrated that a single catalyst can promote two different carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions with high selectivity.
Dedicated carbon monoxide measurement complements Hiden mass spectrometry for syngas, biogas and catalysis applications.
A Defense Technology review examines how tunable plasma layers could absorb, reflect, refract, and scatter radar signals to reduce the radar cross-section of aircraft and other military platforms. The authors assess plasma-generation methods, hybrid stealth systems, and the substantial challenges in power, stability, communication, and integration that still separate laboratory research from operational use.
A review of durable superhydrophobic materials reframes surface design around three dominant failure modes: structural degradation, loss of low-surface-energy chemistry, and coating-substrate interfacial failure. The authors connect fabrication choices with failure-matched testing and examine fluorine-free chemistries, protected architectures, self-healing systems, and interface engineering as routes toward longer service life in demanding environments.
Researchers developed an AI-assisted computational pipeline that combines symmetry-guided screening, machine learning, and density functional theory to search for altermagnetic metal-organic frameworks. The approach also identified molecular features associated with altermagnetism and spin splitting, providing design rules for selecting future candidates for computational and experimental study.
Researchers reviewed advances in alloy-based anodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries, comparing Mg-free hosts, Mg-containing alloys and alloy-derived surface modifications as routes to improve reversibility, Mg²? transport and electrolyte compatibility. The review finds that material structure and interphase chemistry strongly influence performance, while higher alloy-anode operating potentials can reduce full-cell voltage, and practical validation remains a major research priority.
Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like marbles through a narrow pipe. Rock the fiber and the atoms shift side by side; they just don't fall off.
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