Mechanical properties news, December 2021

Soft joints let hard crystals stretch to fit

By incorporating soft joints, researchers have created a new type of porous, carbon-based crystals that can stretch to more than twice their length.

Low temperature milling makes hBN active

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) can be made ‘active’ by ball milling at extremely low temperatures

Carbon-fiber vitrimer composites reverse fatigue

carbon-fiber reinforced polymer composite based on vitrimeric polymer matrix that can reverse fatigue damage

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Novel glass-like hydrogel is 'super-jelly'

Researchers have developed a polymer hydrogel that looks and feels like a squishy jelly, but acts like an ultra-hard, shatterproof glass when compressed.

New ultrahard diamond glass produced from buckyballs

Using a combination of heat and pressure, researchers have turned the spherical fullerenes known as buckyballs into an ultrahard diamond glass.

Cat’s paw inspires impact-resistant composite

cat's paw inspires soft, flexible impact-resistant and energy-dissipating composite