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Mechanical properties news, March 2020

Boron takes the strain out of Li-ion battery electrodes

Ni-rich cathodes used in EV Li-ion batteries show improved performance stability when doped with boron

25 March 2020Cordelia Sealy
Making two-dimensional metals the easy way

easy way to make large, freestanding, thin sheets of metallic materials could open up novel applications in catalysis, flexible electronics, soft robotics

24 March 2020Cordelia Sealy

A fabric made using salts could be used to gather drinking water from the atmosphere

24 March 2020

Nanosensors powered by a stream of bubbles can seek out explosives and related hazards in only a few minutes

24 March 2020

3D supercapacitors knitted from cotton or nylon yarn coated with a novel conductive material could power smart textiles

24 March 2020Cordelia Sealy

Researchers have found that adhesives can be made tougher by adding sacrificial bonds that are easily broken.

19 March 2020

Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser is using an Agents of Change grant to empower women in academia

16 March 2020

Researchers have developed a novel electron microscopy method for testing microscopic aeronautical materials at ultra-high temperatures.

10 March 2020

Researchers have used small molecules that fluoresce after the impact of mechanical force to detect damage in fiber-reinforced polymers.

3 March 2020

green membranes based on natural materials surpass state-of-the-art membranes for desalination, cleaning up wastewater, and purifying organic solvents

3 March 2020Cordelia Sealy

thin nanostructured films of gold and nickel boost performance of direct methanol fuel cells

2 March 2020Cordelia Sealy

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