Interview on entrepreneurship with startup founder José Maria Lagaron, whose company NanoBioMatters commercializes polymer-nanoclay packaging materials.
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Dielectric elastomers: Strain with less pain
Dielectric elastomer actuators are made stronger and more easily using a synthesis approach that doesn’t rely on pre-stretching the polymer.
Advanced Origami: Nanostructures From Flowers to Boxes
Researchers develop complex 3D nanometer-sized structures using ion-induced plastic strain.
Enzymes Dig Channels: Bio-Etching for Nanostructured Surfaces
Enzymatic etching used to build nano- and microscale surface topologies.
Glassy Polymers from ROMP
Researchers from the Princeton University show that the glass transition temperature of norbornene polymers can be raised drastically by adding a phenyl side group.
Space technology for old buildings
New Aerogel-based plaster developed by Empa and Fixit AG provides better insulation.
Olympic Build: Engineering the Games
What goes into building an Olympic stadium? The London experience of industry specialists provides some answers…
Book Review: Applied Polymer Rheology
Manfred Wilhelm and Roland Kadar of KIT review Applied Polymer Rheology: Polymeric Fluids with Industrial Applications edited by Marianna Kontopoulou.
White LEDs directly on paper
White LEDs, made from zinc oxide and a conducting polymer, can be manufactured directly on paper.
Joining Light Metals with Self-tapping Screws Saves Efforts and Time
Researchers examined the influence of surface modification on self-tapping aluminium screws to obtain optimal screwing and thread-forming behavior for joining light metals.
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