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3D printing materials filled with precise quantities of nanoparticles are making a profound impact on industries like electronics, healthcare, and aerospace
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Nanoinks and nanopastes are composed of nanoparticles suspended in a solution or paste. These materials can be printed or applied to surfaces with extreme precision, making them ideal for electronic manufacturing.
New 3D printing technique fabricates highly complex and controllable ceramic nanostructures that could be the key to emerging engineering systems.
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Research teams are developing a new technology for producing graphite for improved energy storage.
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Novel thermal interface material cools chips better than existing state-of-the-art solutions.
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In the pursuit of more eco-friendly production methods, bioplastics have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics.
In the dynamic world of manufacturing, small batch injection molding is a game-changer.
A new test developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can predict the performance of a new type of cementitious construction material in five minutes — a significant improvement over the current industry standard method, which takes seven or more days to complete.
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In this episode, we explore how porous plastic sheets are being used to cool buildings by radiating heat into space and how this could reduce global energy consumption by 10% and CO2 emission by 7%.
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What is the most flexible 3D printing material? Here we discuss the options, from consumer TPU and TPE filaments to industrial-grade elastomers used in SLA and SLS.
By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.
Nozzle shape, print parameters tune liquid crystal elastomer morphing
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An international team of researchers co-led by Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State Evan Pugh University Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, developed porous plastic sheets that can lower building temperatures through radiative cooling.
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Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties.
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