Combining a ductile metal matrix with brittle ceramic additions leads to new composite materials with superior mechanical properties, which appears to be ideal for structural and crash-absorption applications.
Composite Materials: Reinforcing Metal with Ceramics
February 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
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BASF builds its “Battery Materials” unit
February 28, 2012 By 3 Comments
BASF builds its Battery Materials capabilities with the purchase of Merck’s electrolytes business.
Poling optical materials with pyroelectrics
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Electro-optical materials can be efficiently poled with a static field generated by pyroelectric crystals, report A.K.-Y. Jen and coworkers.
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New Enhanced Offshore Wind Turbines
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
BARD is testing two prototypes of its new 6.5 megawatt class. The official beginning of the certification tests is scheduled for the end of February 2012.
A 3D Metamaterial: Nanostructuring with Polymers
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Scientists have fabricated a 3D metamaterial, which shows linear and circular dichroism, using a self-assembled block copolymer as a template.
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Withstanding Wind, Waves and Operation Loads: Making Wind Turbines Work
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Offshore wind turbines are exposed to high dynamic loads in a high corrosive environment. A new overview describes the occurring loads and the fatigue resistances of typical offshore support structures.
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Distortion Control via Asymmetric Quenching
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A controlled two phase spray cooling method makes quenching without distortion possible.
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Doctors in the Bloodstream: Using Polymers to Diagnose and Treat Disease
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Wooley Laboratory have used polymers to mimic the characteristics and actions of biological nanoparticles and structures.
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Functional Sugar-based Polyurethanes
February 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Multifunctional polyurethanes are prepared by the thiolene reaction to L-arabinitol-based PUs with multiple pendant O-allyl groups.
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Macromolecular Colloquium 2012 in Freiburg
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This year’s Macromolecular Colloquium will be held in Freiburg from the 23rd to 25th of February.
