Self-adaptive material heals itself, stays tough
An adaptive material invented at Rice University combines self-healing and reversible self-stiffening properties.
An adaptive material invented at Rice University combines self-healing and reversible self-stiffening properties.
Materials Science
Jan 11, 2016
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Winter is coming, promising the usual bouts of frozen precipitation for northern locations. The slickness of snow and ice is a big pain if you're driving, flying or walking, but can be a lot of fun if you strap on a pair ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 8, 2015
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Crystalline organic semiconductors have attracted a lot of interest for convenient low-cost fabrication by printed electronics. However progress has been stymied by the low thermal durability and reproducibility of these ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 10, 2015
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If you're passing through the Amsterdam Central train station you may be pleasantly surprised to see a vibrant rainbow projected on the large arch that spans over its platforms. It's the "Rainbow Station" project by artist ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2014
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Two solids made of the same elements but with different geometric arrangements of the atoms, or crystal phases, can produce materials with different properties. Coal and diamond offer a spectacular example of this effect.
Condensed Matter
Sep 19, 2014
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(Phys.org) —New collaborative research, carried out by Dr. Vitaly P. Panov, Research Fellow, and Jagdish K Vij, Honorary Professor of Electronic Materials of Trinity College Dublin's School of Engineering, Department of ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 29, 2013
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Just like gloves, molecules come in so-called left-handed and right-handed versions. Until now, however, it could be determined only with great difficulty whether a certain molecule is right-handed or left-handed. In medicine, ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Arkansas have identified that water, when chilled to a very low temperature, transforms into a new form of liquid.
Condensed Matter
Jul 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Advanced biofuels – liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass – offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Bringing the costs of producing these ...
Materials Science
May 9, 2013
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Virtually every material undergoes atomic-level ordering when cooled to temperatures approaching absolute zero. Liquid water, for example, is frozen into atomically ordered crystalline ice. However, condensed matter physicists ...
Quantum Physics
May 2, 2013
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