Materials Science
Mar 6, 2012
Protein behavior might hold the key to synthetic silk
The world may just have moved a step closer to the reality of comic books.
Search results for shape memory polymer
Polymers
Nov 10, 2011
Using light, researchers convert 2-D patterns into 3-D objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional (3-D) objects using only light.
Nanophysics
Oct 13, 2011
Carbon nanotube muscles generate giant twist for novel motors
New artificial muscles that twist like the trunk of an elephant, but provide a thousand times higher rotation per length, were announced on Oct. 13 for a publication in Science magazine by a team of researchers from The University ...
Polymers
Aug 5, 2011
Engineers create polymer light-emitting devices that can be stretched like rubber
Stretchable electronics, an emerging class of modern electronic materials that can bend and stretch, have the potential to be used in a wide range of applications, including wearable electronics, "smart skins" and minimally ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2011
Into the (mis)fold: a diagnostic tool for proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting more than 35 million people worldwide. Although many genetic and hereditary factors are thought to contribute to the telltale ...
Materials Science
May 26, 2011
Making materials to order: Fine-tuning mechanical, electrical, thermal, other properties of composites
A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to make complex composite materials whose attributes can be fine-tuned to give various desirable combinations of properties such as stiffness, strength, resistance to impacts and ...
Polymers
Apr 11, 2011
Polymer-reinforced aerogel found resilient for space missions
Polymer-reinforced aerogels could soon go on a space mission. Modifying the mechanical properties of aerogels with a polymer reinforcement creates a durable thermal insulator primed for aerospace, according to recently published ...
Polymers
Mar 10, 2011
Team shapes cell behavior research
A team led by James Henderson, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, ...
Materials Science
Jan 21, 2011
Paving the way for new single-molecule electrochemical switches
The degree of twisting of natural helical structures, such as the DNA double-helix, plays an essential role in many important biological functions. Because of their twisted architecture, artificial helices can facilitate ...
Soft Matter
Jan 5, 2011
Functionally graded shape memory polymers developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Patrick T. Mather, director of Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI) and Milton and Ann Stevenson professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College ...
