Scientists from Germany and Norway investigated the texture and grain growth of aluminum foam with a nickel coating to improve the mechanical properties.

Scientists from Germany and Norway investigated the texture and grain growth of aluminum foam with a nickel coating to improve the mechanical properties.
A roundup of the latest materials science research from the past week.
Polymer scientists at the 2013 MRS Fall meeting in Boston brought another year of materials science research to a close with a bang.
Marisa Masumi Beppu, University of Campinas SP, Brazil reviews Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Processing, Properties, and Application.
Researchers from Universities in Germany, Brazil, and Israel designed promising multilayer composites applicable as bone fracture fixation devices but also for other orthopedic applications.
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering has published two special issues on the science and technology of adhesive materials and bio-inspired adhesives, guest-edited by Hadi Izadi and Alexander Penlidis.
Bremen researchers investigate the feasibility of designing artificial bioinspired ceramic composites with very high crack resistance.
French group demonstrate a unique nanofibrous active implant for bone-tooth unit regeneration.
The Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry highlights some important research in the latest issue.
A microfluidic mixing platform creates 3D hydrogels systems with patterns of cell and matrix constituents inspired by native hematopoietic stem cell niches.