3D nano-inks push industry boundaries
A new, 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink has incredible properties—and many applications in aerospace, medicine and electronics.
Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2021
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Holding stellar nurseries in your hands
Astronomers can't touch the stars they study, but astrophysicist Nia Imara is using 3-dimensional models that fit in the palm of her hand to unravel the structural complexities of stellar nurseries, the vast clouds of gas ...
Astronomy
Sep 3, 2021
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New printing technique for flexible electronics
New technology that enables more efficient and effective transfer printing for electronic devices has been developed by researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in Korea.
Materials Science
Aug 6, 2021
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Exploring the advantages of defects in laser-manufactured materials
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) promises to revolutionize the way we produce and use certain parts. Reducing material waste and labor time, metal AM simplifies the steps for creating complex geometry parts when compared ...
Materials Science
Jul 26, 2021
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Programmable structures from the printer
Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a new process for producing movable, self-adjusting materials systems with standard 3D printers. These systems can undergo complex shape ...
Materials Science
Jul 8, 2021
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Dynamic 3-D printing process features a light-driven twist
The speed of light has come to 3-D printing. Northwestern University engineers have developed a new method that uses light to improve 3-D printing speed and precision while also, in combination with a high-precision robot ...
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2021
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New chemistry for controlling the volume of liquid in volumetric additive manufacturing
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Germany has developed new chemistry for improved control of the volume of liquid in volumetric additive manufacturing. In their paper published in the journal ...
Researchers develop new combined process for 3-D printing
Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3-D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated ...
Materials Science
Dec 16, 2020
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'Harvesting' microparticles from a liquid jet
Microspheres, microlenses and microfibers can now be produced by irradiating a fluid jet with ultraviolet light. The result is that locally, a polymer of a desired shape is formed. This process, called in-air photopolymerization, ...
Materials Science
Dec 4, 2020
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Silk fibers improve bioink for 3-D-printed artificial tissues and organs
How do you test, in early-stage research, whether a potential pharmaceutical effectively targets a human tumor, organ, or some other part of the body? How do you grow a new hand or another body part? Researchers are in the ...
Materials Science
Oct 8, 2020
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