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Mechanical properties news, July 2017

Spider silk shown to resist twisting forces by yielding when twisted, helping to dissipate energy.

28 July 2017Laurie Donaldson

Submissions are being accepted for the 2018 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Researchers in Developing Countries.

27 July 2017

Find out who will receive one of the 2016 Acta student awards.

27 July 2017Christopher A. Schuh

A new ‘controlled spalling’ layer transfer technique can derive thin films from superconducting gallium nitride crystals.

27 July 2017

Scientists have increased the stiffness, or ‘elastic modulus’, of a soft silicon-based polymer by infusing it with tiny pockets of liquid gallium.

27 July 2017

Scientists have developed a method for pulling super-stretchy and strong fibers with properties similar to spider silk out of a hydrogel.

25 July 2017

Scientists have enhanced the strength and temperature resistance of a transition metal disilicide alloy by adding two new metals.

17 July 2017

A new strong, thermally-stable nickel-containing alloy could prove an ideal replacement for silicon in microelectromechanical systems.

14 July 2017

Using a new polymer material that undulates when illuminated, scientists have developed the first device for converting light directly into walking.

14 July 2017

Scientists have found that amorphous regions of a polymer film can transport ions, while crystalline regions are better at conducting electrons.

7 July 2017

A new way to create extremely thin electrically conducting sheets within crystals could lead to reconfigurable electronic circuits.

4 July 2017

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