How much does materials science stand to gain from Nature? Professor Ozin gives his take on the progress of biomimetics.
Month: October 2012
Custom Superluminescent Diodes for 780-3300 nm
New line of Superluminescent diodes in the 780 nm to 3300 nm wavelength range.
Tunable self-healing materials
Self-healing materials can be switched from reversible to non-reversible by increasing the number of covalent crosslinking bonds.
Entrepreneurship in materials interview: José Maria Lagaron
Interview on entrepreneurship with startup founder José Maria Lagaron, whose company NanoBioMatters commercializes polymer-nanoclay packaging materials.
Dielectric elastomers: Strain with less pain
Dielectric elastomer actuators are made stronger and more easily using a synthesis approach that doesn’t rely on pre-stretching the polymer.
Improving zeolite-polymer gas separation membranes
Researchers improve zeolite-polymer gas separation membranes with liquid sulfolane for better carbon dioxide capture.
Metabolite-responsive hydrogels for medical diagnostics
A hydrogel that can tell good from bad: this material can distinguish between normal and pathological levels of urate, a salt related to gout arthritis.
Stuart S.P. Parkin to Receive 2012 Von Hippel Award
IBM Fellow to receive the Material Research Society’s highest honor.
Immunomodulatory effect of nanoparticles
Functionalized polystyrene nanoparticles are analyzed for their interaction with human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
Dual-frequency prediction using the crack closure concept
Researchers report on the prediction of low cycle, high cycle and combined cycle fatigue in turbine blades using the crack closure code FASTRAN.
New "Energy Technology" Journal Opens for Submissions
The new journal, Energy Technology, is accepting manuscripts on applied energy research in all areas of energy generation, conversion, storage, and distribution.
Smart phosphorescent bioprobes
A phosphorescent iridium(III) complex-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) is a promising probe for bioimaging applications.
Understanding oxygen vacancies in SrTiO3
Researchers have obtained new insights into the atomistic and electronic structure of the oxygen vacancy in SrTiO3 through first-principles calculations.
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