In current trends in materials science, scientists aim to develop carbon materials with controlled microarchitectures and morphologies at large scales using renewable and biodegradable natural sources ...
In order to design a 21st-century, impact-resistant substance, materials scientist Mehmet Sarikaya of the University of Washington in Seattle finds inspiration in a 500-million-year-old feat of ...
As the world grapples with climate change, we urgently need to find ways of reducing our COâ‚‚ emissions. Sectors which rely heavily on fossil fuels, such as energy and aviation, are commonly held to be ...
Biomineralization in general is based on electrostatic interactions and molecular recognition of organic and inorganic phases. These principles of biomineralization have also been utilized and ...
This review considers the following currently investigated domains: supramolecular chemistry that is of interest for complex macromolecular assemblies such as molecular crystals, micelles and ...
AFTER taking his dog for a walk one day in the early 1940s, George de Mestral, a Swiss inventor, became curious about the seeds of the burdock plant that had attached themselves to his clothes and to ...
Our new(ish) Nanoindenter-Raman system is in the news! Take a look at a press release on this combined instrument generated by our partner, Renishaw, to link their InVia system to a Hysitron ...