Mechanical properties

Journal of Alloys and Compounds Special Anniversary Issue: "60 years Less Common Metals and 20 years Journal of Alloys and Compounds"

This year JALCOM celebrates it’s 60 anniversary with a special issue.

Porous scaffold makes a good home for blood stem cells

highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells

Spider silk stitches up antibacterial coatings

coating silk sutures with antimicrobial spider silk proteins could alleviate the problem of post-surgical infection

New composite design promises flexible displays

novel electroluminescent device uses flexible, electrically conductive Ag-coated nylon fibers embedded in a PDMS + ZnS composite as electrodes

Self-folding materials pop-up at a stretch

mechanically-triggered origami-inspired approach creates complex three-dimensional structures for biomedicine, electronics or robotics

Laser makes micromachines right

direct laser writing approach can print such shape-changing 3D polymer micromachines in a single step

Extreme Mechanics Letters Young Investigator Award 2019

Acoustic metamaterial blocks nearly all sound

Acoustic metamaterial structure blocks 94% of sound

New fiber is strong on the inside and tough on the outside

Researchers have developed a novel fiber comprising a gallium metal core surrounded by an elastic polymer sheath that is both strong and tough.

Elastomer and carbon nanotubes create shape-shifting material

By incorporating carbon nanotube-based electrodes between multiple layers of elastomer, researchers have produced a novel shape-shifting material.

Novel ultrafine polymer fibers stronger and tougher than Kevlar

A novel process called gel electrospinning can produce ultrafine polymer fibers that are exceptionally strong and tough.

Metallic glass nanotubes promise novel properties

Fabrication of the first-ever metallic glass nanotube arrays on a Si substrate by a simple lithography and sputter deposition process.

Nanocomposite hits the right note for bone repair

Novel bioactive nanocomposite hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid and self-assembled bisphosphonate-magnesium nanoparticles facilitates bone regeneration.