Researchers investigating particle suspensions have discovered that different particles make smoother or rougher deposition profiles on the drop edge depending on their shape.
Southampton scientists develop strong, light glass nanofibres
Dr Gilberto Brambilla and Professor Sir David Payne announce creation of the new material – the strongest and lightest yet made.
Thin, flexible solar panels from Stanford Engineering
Decal-like application process allows “peel-and-stick” solar panels to be applied to virtually any surface.
Advances in Actively Moving Polymers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein.
Battelle Creates Unique New Polyurethane
New material is environmentally responsible, cost-effective, soy-based and free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent.
Altuglas, NatureWorks Collaborate to Market New High Performance Biopolymer Alloys
Materials will be marketed by Altuglas International as Plexiglas/Altuglas Rnew biopolymer alloys.
Asia-Pacific Biorenewable Materials Market Estimated to Grow at 19% per Annum till 2018
Application development and technology licensing costs of biorenewables come down, and customer awareness is growing.
Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible
Researchers make a fiber out of crystalline silicon semiconductor materials that can function as a solar cell.
Olympus NDT Introduces the Magna-Mike 8600 Hall Effect Thickness Gauge
New instrument is a portable thickness gauge for making thickness measurements on nonferrous materials.
Glass fuel cells for next-generation electronics
New breed of micro fuel cell could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices.