Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology continue to innovate when it comes to creating new materials. Two different groups of chemical engineers at MIT recently revealed their respective work–– one involving a new type of lightweight, super-strong plastic, and the other a...
The National Composites Centre (NCC), working in collaboration with Starling Cycles and Composite Braiding , has developed a frame for an electric mountain bike using thermoplastic carbon fibre composite. Read more here . #Thermoplastic #Composites #CarbonFibre #Lightweighting ...
Once recovered, wood waste can be combined with plastics to form wood-plastic composites, which have a wide scope of potential uses. A paper published in Polymers has explored this subject. Read more here . #Polymer #Plastics #Composites #Wood #Sustainable
A Biopolymer Hydrogel With Amino-Functionalized Bioactive Glass For Accelerated Bone Regeneration. Composite hydrogels can incorporate natural polymers and bioactive glass as promising materials for bone regeneration. However, the applications of such constructs are limited by poor...
With Fuzzy Nanoparticles, Researchers Reveal a Way to Design Tougher Ballistic Materials. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia Engineering have discovered a new method to improve the toughness of materials that could lead to stronger versions of...
A novel breakthrough of polymer assimilation from graphene oxide (GO) precursor allows for the controlled thermoplastic formation of graphene films. The thermoplasticity of GO solids is enabled by the intercalated polymer via thermally stimulated polymer chain activity. The thermoplastic...
Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize many of today’s advanced systems and machinery via the manipulation of matter on a near-atomic scale to produce new structures, materials, and devices. A team of researchers, writing in the journal Polymers , have synthesized a hybrid fibre...
An interesting article from Professor Ian Hamerton at the University of Bristol, UK, on testing advanced polymer matrix systems for Earth’s low orbit. Read more here . #Polymer #Composites #Space #AerospaceMaterials
R&D demonstration projects targeting current challenges in auto, aero, energy and building will be developed to reach TRL7 with the goal of accelerating industrial use of advanced lightweight materials. The trans-European project “Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies united for...
Colour Change Indicates Damage in the Material. Lightweight construction has found its way into many areas, especially in vehicle, ship and aircraft construction. In addition to classic light metals such as aluminum, magnesium or titanium, composite materials, so-called composites, are...
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