Tag: Materials
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Immortal switches, quantum computers could stem from new semiconductor
Material’s polarity, conductivity change with temperature.
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‘Digital alchemy’ to reverse-engineer new materials
If you tell this computer program what crystal you need to build, it will design a particle that self-assembles into that crystal.
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Toward protein nanomachines: just add charge
Added electrical charges can harness a protein’s shape and chemical properties to build interesting structures.
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3D printing 100 times faster with light
The new method also results in a stronger print than typical layered models.
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Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’
The new prototype cells can run for more than 100 cycles at 90 percent capacity and withstand hard impacts and even stabbing.
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$1.6M for solar cell windows and high-temperature solar power
New sustainability research garners support from Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office.
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“Everything-repellent” coating could kid-proof phones, homes
Clear surface repels all liquids
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The rapidly expanding world of atomically thin layered materials
A Q&A with UM’s Wei Lu on ATMLs and research aimed at finding the best ways to make them.
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Microscale 3D printing for medicine
New “jet writing” technique can make detailed 3D structures with clinically relevant materials for future implants and cancer studies.
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Outlaw alloys
Metals that court chaos could be the future of computing.
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Roads and bridges would last longer, save money with new concrete formula
U-M researchers to offer non-proprietary concrete formula free of charge.
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Artificial cartilage made from Kevlar mimics the magic of the real thing
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength.