TenCate Advanced Composites has been involved in a long term tooling project with Austrian company Schiebel to develop materials for the CAMCOPTER® S-100 U
15 December 2014
Research continues to improve prospects for the increased reuse of automotive composites production waste. J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter of the Adva
8 December 2014J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter
Free downloads of specially selected papers covering advanced imaging techniques.
5 December 2014Vaneet Sharma, Peter A. Crozier, Renu Sharma, James B. Adams
Complimentary whitepaper covering rapid design, creation and inspection of micro- and nano-scale functional prototype devices.
5 December 2014
Free downloads of specially selected papers covering advanced imaging techniques.
5 December 2014Santhosh Chenna, Peter A. Crozier
Free downloads of specially selected papers covering advanced imaging techniques.
5 December 2014Andrew T. DeLaRiva, Thomas W. Hansen, Sivakumar R. Challa, Abhaya K. Datye
Free downloads of specially selected papers covering advanced imaging techniques.
5 December 2014A.N. Bright, K. Yoshida, N. Tanaka
In a further conference report from the recent PM2014 World Congress in Orlando, Consulting Editor Joseph Capus reports on PM developments in the automotiv
2 December 2014
Research continues to improve prospects for the increased reuse of automotive composites production waste. J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter of the Adva
1 December 2014J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter
A reference system is proposed describing the key attributes of a product from a manufacturability stand-point.
28 November 2014Brett P. Conner, Guha P. Manogharan, Ashley N. Martof, Lauren M. Rodomsky, Caitlyn M. Rodomsky, Dakesha C. Jordan, James W. Limperos
Research continues to improve prospects for the increased reuse of automotive composites production waste. J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter of the Adva
24 November 2014J.P. Snudden, C. Ward, and K. Potter
At this year’s CAMX trade show in Florida, Bayer MaterialScience showcased a number of polyurethane composite parts developed with customers for the agricu
22 November 2014Reinforced Plastics
14 November 2014Daniela F. Coutinho, Shilpa V. Sant, Hyeongho Shin, João T. Oliveira, Manuela E. Gomes, Nuno M. Neves, Ali Khademhosseini, Rui L. Reis
14 November 2014Nasim Annabi, Suzanne M. Mithieud, Gulden Camci-Unal, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Anthony S. Weiss, Ali Khademhosseini
14 November 2014Nasim Annabi, Suzanne M. Mithieux, Pinar Zorlutuna, Gulden Camci-Unal, Anthony S. Weiss, Ali Khademhosseini
14 November 2014Hug Aubin, Jason W. Nichol, Ché B. Hutson, Hojae Bae, Alisha L. Sieminski, Donald M. Cropek, Payam Akhyari, Ali Khademhosseini
Here's a review of the topics we've covered in the six issues of Reinforced Plastics magazine published this year.
13 November 2014Reinforced Plastics
A Slovakian company, CEIT Biomedical Engineering has used additive manufacturing (AM) technology from EOS to provide doctors with bone replacement material
13 November 2014
TenCate Advanced Composites has been involved in a long term tooling project with Austrian company Schiebel to develop materials for the CAMCOPTER® S-100 U
11 November 2014Reinforced Plastics
As part of our new Current Research program, Materials Today is delighted to introduce this presentation from Chenjie Xu.
10 November 2014Chenjie Xu
Read Yury Gogotsi's responses to his webinar: MXenes: a new family of two-dimensional materials.
10 November 2014Zara Preston
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7 November 2014G. Kresse, J. Furthmüller
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5 November 2014Marius Chyasnavichyus, Seth L. Young, Vladimir V. Tsukruk
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5 November 2014Susanne Christ, Martin Schnabel, Elke Vorndran, Jürgen Groll, Uwe Gbureck
Richard Felton, editor of this magazine from 2001 to 2010, has passed away, following a protracted illness.
4 November 2014
An assessment of the European GRP market was delivered by AVK at Composites Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany recently. Mark Holmes reports on solid growth for
4 November 2014Mark Holmes
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28 October 2014Y. Hirayama, Y.K. Takahashi, S. Hirosawa, K. Hono
Australian company GMS Composites has developed a low temperature epoxy prepreg tooling system that is proving ideal for repairs to Boeing 777 composite pa
28 October 2014Reinforced Plastics
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23 October 2014Clément Héberta, Jan Warnking, Antoine Depaulis, Laurie Amandine Garçona, Michel Mermoux, David Eon, Pascal Mailley, Franck Omnès
General Lasertronics Corporation has examined the degree to which laser surface preparation of composite material enhanced the repeatability and fracture t
22 October 2014Robert Cargill and Jim Russell
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22 October 2014Matti Kesti, Michael Müller, Jana Becher, Matthias Schnabelrauch, Matteo D’Este, David Eglin, Marcy Zenobi-Wong
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21 October 2014Xinhong Song, Liping Lin, Mingcong Rong, Yiru Wang, Zhaoxiong Xie, Xi Chen
Powder rheometry can be used to ensure that metal powders for additive manufacturing deliver the performance and consistency required in demanding applicat
20 October 2014
Download the article from the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014.
14 October 2014B. Monemar, P.P. Paskov, J.P. Bergman, A.A. Toropov, T.V Shubina, S. Figge, T. Paskova, D. Hommel, A. Usui, M. Iwaya, S. Kamiyama, H. Amano, I. Akasaki
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14 October 2014Hongwei Wanga, Lixin Hea, Xifan Wu
General Lasertronics Corporation has examined the degree to which laser surface preparation of composite material enhanced the repeatability and fracture t
14 October 2014Robert Cargill and Jim Russell
This special Renewable Energy Focus power generation report reviews the latest REMIPEG (Renewable Electricity Market, Installed Power and Annual Electricit
7 October 2014Dr Patric Kleineidom, Thomas Klinge, Dr Martin Kaltschmitt, Bernd Metzger, Dr Roman Vorobyev, Anil Bindal, Ciro Rapicano, Alex Loosen, Jan Dorr, and Sebastian Janczik
Keith Sharp and Katharina Davies (Frey) of SAERTEX USA explain the benefits of the company's 3D non-crimp fabrics (NCF).
7 October 2014Keith Sharp and Katharina Davies (Frey), SAERTEX USA
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6 October 2014Tibor Müllner, Armin Zankel, Frantisek Svec, Ulrich Tallarek
Consulting Editor Joseph Capus highlights the winners of the 2014 MPIF PM Design Excellence Competition.
6 October 2014
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3 October 2014Omid Oudbashia and Parviz Davami
Composite patches are becoming an increasingly attractive option to repair aircraft structures, but the process needs to be speeded up. George Marsh report
30 September 2014George Marsh, freelance journalist
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30 September 2014Nikolaos Baimpas, Alexander J.G. Lunt, Igor P. Dolbnya, Jiri Dluhos, Alexander M. Korsunsky
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29 September 2014Hongli Zhu, Heming Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Wenzhong Bao, Zhiqiang Fang, Colin Preston, Zac Barcikowski, Oeyvind Vaaland, Zhiyong Ren, Liangbing Hu
The winning cover image of Volume 9, Issue 4 on Nano Today.
29 September 2014Sachin A. Pawar, Dipali S. Patil, Rupesh S Devan, Yuan R. Ma, Jin Hyeok Kim, Pramod S. Patil
Composite patches are becoming an increasingly attractive option to repair aircraft structures, but the process needs to be speeded up. George Marsh report
23 September 2014George Marsh, freelance journalist
In 2000 GKN Sinter Metals was approved by an automotive manufacturer and asked to produce powder metal parts in large quantities for car seat structures. S
22 September 2014
In a comparative trial on an aircraft component, a composite sandwich design based on Evonik’s ROHACELL® HERO polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam core material w
18 September 2014Reinforced Plastics
Glass fibre and carbon fibre reinforced plastics (GRP and CFRP) have excellent properties but one barrier to the increased use of these materials is the la
16 September 2014Stella Job, consultant
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15 September 2014Vahid Mirjalili, Rajaprakash Ramachandramoorthy, Pascal Hubert
Glass fibre and carbon fibre reinforced plastics (GRP and CFRP) have excellent properties but one barrier to the increased use of these materials is the la
11 September 2014Stella Job, consultant
This year's COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 7-9 October. In our preview we take a look at some of the innovations which
10 September 2014Reinforced Plastics
Subra Suresh shares his thoughts on the Elsevier Materials Science Council and its role within the materials science research community.
9 September 2014Cordelia Sealy
A round-up of some of the latest composites-related patents. This month's inventions include a carbon fibre vehicle axle support from BMW, a composite mono
9 September 2014Reinforced Plastics
Andreas Erber and Simon Spitko of SGL Group describe how improved thermoplastic composite systems can be achieved through customised materials and process
2 September 2014Andreas Erber and Simon Spitko
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1 September 2014Seungwoo Lee, Younghoon Lee, Jongjin Park, Dukhyun Choi
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29 August 2014Seth L. Young, Marius Chyasnavichyus, Maxim Erko, Friedrich G. Barth, Peter Fratzl, Igor Zlotnikov, Yael Politi, Vladimir V. Tsukruk
Andreas Erber and Simon Spitko of SGL Group describe how improved thermoplastic composite systems can be achieved through customised materials and process
26 August 2014Andreas Erber and Simon Spitko
Non-destructive testing with active thermography is now a reality for composite materials, both in the field and on the production line. Tobias Kroeger of
19 August 2014Tobias Kroeger
Free access to this article from Scripta Materialia.
19 August 2014G.S. Was, Z. Jiao, E. Getto, K. Sun, A.M. Monterrosa, S.A. Maloy, O. Anderoglu, B.H. Sencer, M. Hackett
Pauline Carnell, product manager at Malvern Instruments, discusses how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis can improve the characterisation of metal powders.
18 August 2014
A collaborative European project is underway to make greater use of composites in the automotive industry through improvements in the pultrusion process. N
11 August 2014Nora Lardiés Miazza, AIMPLAS
One of the winning images of the 2014 Nano Today Cover Competition. Look out for more cover competition winners, here on Materials Today.
11 August 2014Alexander Schiller and Ralf Wyrwa
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5 August 2014Richard H. Taylor, Frisco Rose, Cormac Toher, Ohad Levy, Kesong Yang, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Stefano Curtarolo
Thermoplastics continue to gain ground in the world of composites. George Marsh takes a look at developments and where they have reached in a number of key
4 August 2014George Marsh, freelance journalist
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1 August 2014Jing Zhonga, Jing Meng, Xuchun Gui, Tao Hu, Ning Xie, Xiaoyan Lu, Zhenyu Yang, Nikhil Koratkar
Kenneth J A Brookes, Metal Powder Report Consulting Editor reports from MACH, the UK’s machine tool exhibition.
28 July 2014
French company Sicomin, a leading supplier of epoxy systems in Europe, is completing Phase 3 of an expansion plan that is increasing its reach outside its
28 July 2014Mark Holmes, Managing Editor, Reinforced Plastics
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23 July 2014Mahshid Kharaziha, Su Ryon Shin, Mehdi Nikkhah, Seda Nur Topkaya, Nafiseh Masoumi, Nasim Annabi, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Ali Khademhosseini
Composite pressure vessels are playing an increasingly important role in energy storage. Not only can they reduce the weight of a vessel, but there are add
21 July 2014Kevin Meyer, Francesca Pignagnoli, Doug Potts and Gary Hunter, The Dow Chemical Company
A round-up of some of the latest composites-related patents. This month's inventions include a FRP steering wheel from BMW, a repair process from Airbus, a
17 July 2014Reinforced Plastics
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16 July 2014Leigh T. Stephenson, Anna V. Ceguerra, Tong Li, Tanaporn Rojhirunsakool, Soumya Nag, Rajarshi Banerjee, Julie M. Cairney, Simon P. Ringer
Remote non-destructive testing of composites in aircraft is now possible. Jan Olav Endrerud of DolphiTech describes the development of such a system.
15 July 2014Jan Olav Endrerund, DolphiTech
G.S. Upadhyaya reviews Sintering: From Empirical Observations to Scientific Principles by Randall M. German.
15 July 2014G.S. Upadhyaya
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15 July 2014Tao Gao, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Takeshi Ihara, Arild Gustavsen
Dr Florian Bechmann, head of development at Concept Laser, reports on trends and increased quality requirements in 3D printing.
14 July 2014
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14 July 2014Diana N.H. Tran, Shervin Kabiri, Dusan Losic
Composite pressure vessels are playing an increasingly important role in energy storage. Not only can they reduce the weight of a vessel, but there are add
8 July 2014Kevin Meyer, Francesca Pignagnoli, Doug Potts and Gary Hunter, The Dow Chemical Company
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7 July 2014Margarita R. Arcila-Velez, Jingyi Zhu, Anthony Childress, Mehmet Karakaya, Ramakrishna Podila, Apparao M. Rao, Mark E. Roberts.
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1 July 2014G. Poologasundarampillai, S. Wang, S. Li, J. Nakamura, R. Bradley, P.D. Lee, M.M. Stevens, D.S. McPhail, T. Kasuga, J.R. Jones
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1 July 2014L.K. Grunenfelder, N. Suksangpanya, C. Salinas, G. Milliron, N. Yaraghi, S. Herrera, K. Evans-Lutterodt, S.R. Nutt, P. Zavattieri, D. Kisailus
The following are the 10 most popular research articles for 2013 from the Elsevier journal Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.
1 July 2014Reinforced Plastics
From its beginnings in 1989 EOS GmbH has grown to be the biggest player in the 3D metals printing industry. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Liz Nicke
1 July 2014