The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer rolls out the E195-E2, an especially fuel-efficient plane.
High-Performance Ceramic Silicon Nitride
Sembach is expanding its machinery for large-batch components of sintered silicon nitride (SSN).
Composite Metal Foams
The background and evolution of composite metal foam is reviewed from its inception until now, providing understanding of how its properties are tailored to specific applications in a wide range of fields.
Supportive Soft Tissue Manufacture
A manufacturing method is unveiled that uses a supportive material that is self-healing, and enables the production of soft materials in a supported and suspended manner.
High Temperature Capacitors: The Future is Black
New lead free BiFeO3-SrTiO3 based multilayer ceramic capacitors for high temperature applications have been developed.
Nothing Sticks to this Coating: Superamphiphobic Surfaces
Superamphiphobic and durable coatings on woven/non-woven surfaces for repelling many types of liquids.
Uncovering Nature’s Design Strategies
Parametric modeling tools from the architectural design world are combined with 3D printing and material testing technologies from materials science to populate gaps in anatomical space.
Blooming Knit Flowers
Knitted soft morphing flowers—lilies, daffodils, gamopetalous and calla flowers—are fabricated using thermally responsive smart fibres.
Infrared Regulating Smart Windows based on Organic Materials
The next generation of smart windows based on organic materials which can change their properties by reflecting or transmitting excess solar energy in such a way that comfortable indoor temperatures can be maintained throughout the year.
Till Membranes Do Us Apart: Separating Water/Oil Emulsions
A robust inorganic system capable of handling the extreme heat and wear typical of oil extraction has been developed that engineers complete separation of water and oil.