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Advanced Materials

Gabe CherryNovember 29, 2022

Q&A: Plastic to metal, steel to aluminum—the future of welding and lightweight vehicles

New techniques for welding very different materials could enable better cars.

Michigan EngineeringNovember 28, 2022

“Transformer” pinwheels offer new twist on nano-engineered materials

Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more.

Gabe CherrySeptember 22, 2022

Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity

The key to beating the heat is degrading the materials in advance.

Kate McAlpineSeptember 6, 2022

Photosynthesis copycat may improve solar cells

The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.

Gabe CherryAugust 29, 2022

Durable coating kills the COVID virus and other germs in minutes

Polyurethane locks in the antimicrobial power of tea tree and cinnamon oils. The new technology could start making public spaces safer within a year.

Catharine JuneJuly 19, 2022

Toward manufacturing semitransparent solar cells the size of windows

A peel-off patterning technique could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale.

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