Developing high-performance composite materials made with natural fibers and bio-polymers provide a new route to cost-effective, environmentally friendly composite plastics for industry.
Manufacturing
Faster Manufacturing of Stainless Steel Tanks
Roeco Inox has developed a new system of tank manufacturing which reduces the production time by 30% and also decreases the amount of necessary welding.
Room temperature fabrication of high-temperature shape-memory thin films
High-temperature shape memory thin films have been prepared at room temperature by magnetron sputtering technique.
Imaging the mechanical response of nanostructured composites
An X-ray ptychography study follows the destruction of a microscale composite during compression in unprecedented detail.
Microstructures by Design
X-ray imaging and controlled solidification is used to watch and understand how crystals evolve in metals.
First alumina from Saudi bauxite
Ma’aden and Alcoa develop an industrial complex in Saudi Arabia to supply the Gulf region and international markets with primary aluminum, alumina and aluminum products.
ThyssenKrupp concludes offtake agreement with NioCorp
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products has expanded its product portfolio and concluded an offtake agreement for ferroniobium with NioCorp Developments Ltd.
Multifunctional coating for public touch displays
Schott introduces what it claims to be the first permanently anti-reflective and oleophobic coating for touchscreens.
Manufacturing of Biodegradable Polymeric Components – call for papers
Submit a paper to the forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science on Manufacturing of Advanced Biodegradable Polymeric Components.
Producing graphene nanosheet hybrid catalysts
A team introduce a soft processing approach for the continuous synthesis of high-quality graphene nanosheets via electrochemical exfoliation of graphite.
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