Materials

Finding the right corrosion-resistant metals

Parts turning to piles of rust? These materials can help you avoid the scourge of corrosion.

Jade Jones

 from 

Protolabs

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Updated on 06 Feb, 2023

6 minutes read

Delrin material properties, applications, and more

Here’s what you need to know about Delrin, a high-performance POM thermoplastic with exceptional strength, durability, and temperature resistance.

Multimaterial 3D printing with a twist

Rotational multimaterial printing of helical filaments for soft robotics and structural composites

Leah Burrows

 from 

Harvard University

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Updated on 23 Jan, 2023

3 minutes read

Engineers grow "perfect" atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers

Their technique could allow chip manufacturers to produce next-generation transistors based on materials other than silicon.

'Groundbreaking work' for high-quality 2D materials growth

Sang-Hoon Bae, international collaborators create new materials for next-generation electronics

What Materials Work Best for Your Medical Device Development?

Choosing a material for new Medical Device Development can have a major influence throughout your medical device life cycle, from design, prototyping, testing, regulatory approvals, and mass production to commercialization and even disposal. Every material has certain characteristics, which should be in consistent with the properties of the medical device as well as final applications.

Team RPWORLD

 from 

RPWORLD

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Updated on 13 Jan, 2023

2 minutes read

Direct Drive vs Bowden Extruder for 3D Printing

Understanding the differences and benefits of direct drive and bowden extrusion systems.

Plastic that meets medical needs

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to plastics for medical parts. At the top of the list are safety and, for parts going inside the body, longevity. So, which is the best to choose for your application?

Jade Jones

 from 

Protolabs

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Updated on 03 Jan, 2023

5 minutes read

Enabling Circular Christmas with Robotic LFAM

To send its Christmas wishes Caracol worked on a project that is representative of its values and work as an Additive Manufacturing company.

Violetta Nespolo

 from 

Caracol

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Updated on 27 Dec, 2022

More stable states for quantum computers

KIT researchers are working on a new qubit approach - publication in Nature Materials

Sandra Wiebe

 from 

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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Updated on 27 Dec, 2022

2 minutes read

Combination of two materials creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerator

The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). Such power sources must be both stretchy and high-performance, holding up under various deformation conditions over hours of use.

Team Penn State

 from 

Penn State

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Updated on 20 Dec, 2022

2 minutes read

Applying large-scale language models outside language: Examples from materials discovery, cybersecurity, and building management

You've probably heard about the amazing capabilities of some recent AI models, such as GPT, AI21, or BLOOM. Perhaps you use one of these models yourself. Either directly, or through another product like Wordtune, YouWrite, Jasper – or ChatGPT. It turns out that while these models are trained on language data, they can be used for other applications as well. In my latest article, you can read more about applications in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and even building management.

Florian Wolf

 from 

Mergeflow

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Updated on 16 Dec, 2022

5 minutes read

New Process Allows 3-D Printing of Microscale Metallic Parts

Engineers at Caltech have developed a method for 3-D printing pure and multicomponent metals, at a resolution that is, in some cases, an order of magnitude smaller than previously possible. The process, which uses water-based chemistry and 3-D printing, was described in a paper published in Nature on October 20.

Robert Perkins

 from 

Caltech

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Updated on 11 Dec, 2022

3 minutes read

"Transformer" pinwheels offer new twist on nano-engineered materials

Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more.

University of Michigan Robotics Institute

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University of Michigan

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Updated on 30 Nov, 2022

4 minutes read

Augmenting human endurance with carbon fiber suits

Carbon fiber fashion aims to assist humans to endure extreme weather and activities.