Airplanes, cars, and ships that don’t corrode are the promise of self-healing paint coatings and polymer materials. Now researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and ...

Many new materials have been developed, but steel remains the principal construction material for automobiles, appliances, and industrial machinery. Because of steel's vulnerability to attack by ...

A straightforward and effective process for coating silver, gold and platinum nanoparticles with functionalized silica shells at room temperature has been developed by A*STAR . Crucially, unlike ...

The LUXORAu gold coater improves SEM imaging in steel laboratories by enabling reliable sample preparation and enhanced ...

As composites practitioners well know, tooling for composite parts is a challenge. Metal tools are the most robust option and support rate production, but they need to be carefully engineered to match ...

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The use of natural materials in construction continues to rise as AEC teams look to both reduce their carbon footprint and create an environment that fosters wellness and harmony with nature. From the ...

Metal coatings are applied on all kinds of items made of alloys, metals and plastics. These are used either for decorative platings or to enhance the chemical and physical properties of their surface ...

Metal corrosion is a pervasive and unavoidable issue that presents substantial security risks and financial setbacks for contemporary society and industrial manufacturing 1,2. Metal corrosion is ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global metal coatings market report. This research report also lists five other prominent vendors that are ...

Lithium-metal battery anodes can store 10-fold more energy by weight than those in today’s best batteries, but they have been too unstable to be practical. Now, researchers have borrowed technology ...

While paper isn’t exactly a smart material, it someday could be if it is covered in a new type of liquid metal. This liquid alloy has the potential to turn paper and other materials into gadgets that ...