New Lightweight Material is Stronger than Steel. Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that...
Smooth Hydrophobic Coatings may be More Effective for Aircraft De-icing. Icing poses a hazard to aircraft and is usually prevented with anti-icing fluids and hydrophobic coatings that reduce wettability and do not allow water to freeze on the aircraft surface. Yet little is known about whether...
New Smart-roof Coating Enables Year-round Energy Savings. Scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer without consuming natural gas or electricity. Research findings reported in the journal ...
Researchers Measure the Bond Strength of Thin Coatings. Coating protects structural materials from harsh environments. It is vital for things such as gas turbines, where components can reach high temperatures, or first walls in nuclear fusion reactors. The limited thickness and brittleness of a...
Wadley Group Innovates Material and Coating Process to Protect Ceramic Parts. Airplane manufacturers and their customers in government and industry have invested in the design of new aircraft engines that function at extremely high temperatures, which means the engines can generate more energy...
Graphene Binds Drugs that Kill Bacteria on Medical Implants. Medical implants often infected by bacteria that form biofilms, which cause great suffering in patients and the high load in the health worldwide. Now researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method of...
D ue to the global efforts to meet sustainability standards, many countries are currently looking to replace concrete with wood in buildings. France, for example, will require that all new public buildings will be made from at least 50 percent wood or other sustainable materials starting in 2022...
It's about a month to go for The Advanced Materials Show at NEC, Birmingham (7-8 July). This event brings together highly focused audience who are involved in the research, production, purchasing or integration of advanced materials technology including Composites, Polymers, Coatings and...
Protective Ship Coatings as an Underestimated Source of Microplastic Pollution. Shipping traffic can be a major source of tiny plastic particles floating in the sea, especially out in the open ocean. In a paper published in the scientific journal Environmental Science & Technology , a...
Industrial Compound Gets Eco-Friendly Reaction. Nagoya University scientists have developed a chemical reaction that produces high yields of a compound used in a wide variety of industries, without needing high temperatures or toxic catalysts. The approach was described in the journal ACS...
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