Materials comment, January 2016

Flashy process derives both graphene and hydrogen from waste plastic

Researchers have shown that conerting waste plastics into graphene by rapid flash Joule heating also results in the production of hydrogen.

New material that cleans decontaminated water

‘Engineered living material’ that decontaminates pollutants from water

Thinnest possible MOF film separates hydrogen and nitrogen

A novel metal-organic framework film with the smallest possible thickness can perform record levels of hydrogen-nitrogen separation.

Single-shot forward and inverse hierarchical architected materials design for nonlinear mechanical properties using an Attention-Diffusion model

Environmental implications of Geopolymers

Environmental benefits and impact (LCA) of Geopolymers: Not only cement and away from alkali-activated materials.