Composites news, May 2018

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Composite metamaterial bends the rules

Ceramic nanolattice architecture creates ultralight, mechanically reliable composite materials.

31 May 2018Cordelia Sealy

Chemists have found a way to functionalize boron nitride nanotubes using a chemical process known as the Billups-Birch reaction.

30 May 2018

A glass-polymer composite known as glassomer can be milled, laser-machined or processed in CNC machines just like a conventional polymer.

29 May 2018

The Acta Journals are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Reviewer awards for excellence in reviewing in 2017.

11 May 2018

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Volume 36, Pages 158–179Jeng-hun Lee, Xi Shen, Xiaodong Chen, Jang-Kyo Kim

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Nacre, or mother-of-pearl, is a natural material with hard and soft components that attains high stiffness, strength, and fracture toughness.

9 June 2017Cordelia Sealy

Review

Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 323–331Evan Ma, Ting Zhu

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Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 130–131S. Schmauder, I. Schäfer