While chemical bonds usually determine the structure and properties of a material, bonds between neighboring metal atoms can ...

Mono-material flexible film packaging structures based primarily on polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), or even polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are being promoted as an effective means of ...

Dr. Inman received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in mechanical engineering in 1980 and spent 14 years at the University of Buffalo, followed by 19 years at Virginia Tech. Since 1980, he has ...

Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules ...

A comprehensive review of laser additive manufacturing (LAM) of metallic lattice structures demonstrates how advanced design strategies, processing control, and material innovations significantly ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The materials we interact with every day—whether they are steel, glass, or rubber—have properties like strength, flexibility, or brittleness that stem from their chemical ...

Why do glass and other amorphous materials deform more easily in some regions than in others? A research team from the University of Osaka, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Fungi are master engineers capable of building vast networks underground. Now, researchers have harnessed their capabilities to create a living building material that could be a sustainable ...

Mesoporous materials are a class of nanomaterials characterized by their highly ordered porous structure with pore sizes ranging from 2 to 50 nanometers. These materials possess large surface areas, ...