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- New polymer could help with recycling plasticOnly 2 per cent of the 70 million tonnes of plastic annually used for packaging is recycled into a similar material. One of the…
- 3D printing polymer adaptable even after object is printed3D printing has given designers a lot of freedom to create objects by their own design that suit their purpose exactly. However, once an…
- Stretchable Polymer Electrolyte Enables Safer and Flexible Solid-State BatteriesResearchers at Empa have developed a stretchable polymer electrolyte that could significantly improve the performance and safety of solid-state batteries. The material, based on…
- Adhesive-free joining of wood and polymersResearchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria developed not one but two adhesive-free methods to bond (metal) polymers and wood together.…
- Polymer made from industrial waste could help clean up oil spillsAn international team of researchers at the Flinders University in Australia developed a new polymer made from waste cooking oil and sulphur, a by-product…
- Whiter than white polymer cools down buildingsEngineers from Columbia University made white paint even whiter by removing white pigment and add a polymer coating that acts as a spontaneous air…
- Self-folding origami from photocurable polymers leaves your hands freeIf you ever tried your hand at origami and thought it was too complicated, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University…
- Self-healing elastic polymers developedSelf-healing elastic polymers developed inspired by caoutchouc tree. When the caoutchouc tree is damaged, liquid latex containing capsules of the protein hevein escapes from…
- Self-healing ‘blood’ polymerWe’ve heard about self-healing materials and we can all imagine their uses. Now, a team from the US has developed a new self-healing polymer…
- New polymer walks like a caterpillar when illuminatedImagine a material that could turn light directly into movement, without solar panels or other energy sources. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology and…
- Mushrooms: nature’s polymersAt our event Material Xperience 2014, which we hosted last week in Rotterdam, one of the most popular items in our exhibition was a…
- 3D Printable Elastic Polymer Combines Toughness With Fatigue ResistanceResearchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a 3D printable elastic material that combines high fracture toughness with resistance…
- 3D Printed Mobile Living Unit From Recycled PolymerLarge-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) is rapidly changing how designers approach mobility, architecture and product development. A recent case study by Caracol AM and LG…
- 3D Printed Polymer Composites Reshape Concrete ConstructionOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in partnership with Kairos Power and Barnard Construction, is applying large-scale 3D printing to build concrete forms. These forms…
- 3D printed seismic LED light is made from recycled polymerArchitect Margot Krasojević created a 3D printed, spiral shaped LED light, which structure responds to seismic movement in its environment. The lamp, a net made…
- Polyester concrete, if not concrete, what else?Polyester concrete is a name commonly given to a composite that in effect is not concrete at all! Traditionally concrete is a composite of…
