Examining the odd locomotion of microswimmers
Being odd can be a good thing, particularly when you are a microscopic cellular organism trying to go places.
General Physics
Jun 8, 2022
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News tagged with elasticity
Unveiling bulk and surface radiation forces in a dielectric liquid
An international group of researchers has measured how much a laser beam tugs on the water it shines through.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 20, 2022
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Researchers show corkscrew elastic waves carry well-defined orbital angular momentum
A team of researchers from the University of Exeter and Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, has shown, theoretically, that corkscrew elastic waves carry well-defined orbital angular momentum. In their paper published in the journal ...
DNA design brings predictability to polymer gels
Scientists in Japan have made a tuneable, elastic and temperature-sensitive gel by using complementary DNA strands to connect star-shaped polymer molecules together. The gel, and the method used to develop it, could lead ...
Polymers
Feb 16, 2022
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Speed of sound used to measure elasticity of materials
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials for the first time. Known as SRAS, the technology works by measuring the speed of ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 15, 2022
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Super-elastic high-entropy Elinvar alloy discovered with potential for aerospace engineering
Metals usually soften when they expand under heating, but a research team led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) scholar and other researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind super-elastic alloy that can retain ...
Materials Science
Feb 9, 2022
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Design could curb overheating, raise performance of soft electronics
For some, the mere mention of liquid metal might conjure visions of T-1000: the shapeshifting, nigh-invincible villain that turns up the heat on humanity's future savior in "Terminator 2."
Nanomaterials
Nov 8, 2021
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Making waves: A contactless way to detect damage in transparent materials
Transparent materials have become an essential component in a wide variety of technological applications, ranging from everyday electronics like tablets and smartphones to more sophisticated uses in solar panels, medicine, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 29, 2021
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New technique acts as accelerator, brake for microscopic droplets
A miniscule water droplet is on the move, picking up speed as it glides along a stretch of thin, flat terrain. Abruptly, it hits a rough patch—the microscopic equivalent of glass speed bumps into which the droplet settles ...
Nanomaterials
May 28, 2021
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3D shape reconfiguration of stretchable electronics
Azobenzene functionalized liquid crystalline polymers are considered "smart" materials owing to their programmable shape transformations under various external stimuli (i.e., thermal, chemical, and photomechanical shape morphing). ...
Materials Science
May 28, 2021
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