Mechanical properties

Build a better biomimetic bone

Build a better biomimetic bone

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

Carbon nanotube composites cut CO2 emissions

CNTs produced from CO2 using low-energy chemical processes drastically reduce emissions associated with construction materials

Bending not so simple for multilayer graphene

Scientists have found that multilayer graphene is stiff when bent a little, but becomes much softer when bent a lot, as the layers slide past each other.

Theoretical nanotube structure inspires super-hard polymer material

A lightweight polymer material full of holes, inspired by theoretical nanotube structures called tubulanes, is nearly as hard as diamond.

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Disordered proteins can make 'super-sticky' materials

Stable materials can be created from disordered proteins by altering the environmental triggers that cause them to undergo phase transitions.

Spider silk stitches up antibacterial coatings

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

Graphene resists stresses and strains with kirigami

Applying kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting and folding, to graphene can make it more strain tolerant and adaptable to movement.