Tag: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization
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Nano-wrinkles and actuation break up infectious biofilms on implants
The active antibacterial platform improved tissue response in mice and could one day help prevent infections caused by implanted medical devices in humans.
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A new rulebook for designing stable dilute alloy catalysts
Selecting strongly binding adsorbates or alloying metals that do not mix keeps the emerging material class stable under high temperatures.
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A self-cleaning device for oceanic carbon capture
Cyclic pH swings wash away electrode fouling, and a ridged flow channel swirls water to reach an industrial-scale current density.
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Quantum made practical: U-M-led team advances in NSF center competition
The project aims to develop plug‑and‑play photonic chips that bring quantum‑light measurements out of the lab into field‑ready commercial devices.
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Quantum metallurgy: Electron crystals deform and melt
Electrons can arrange into crystalline patterns that accumulate defects as they melt; controlling the degree of melting may advance superconductors and artificial neurons.
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Fine-tuning nanoscale heat flows in molecular materials
Researchers demonstrate how swapping out a single atom can cut the thermal conductance in half without changing electrical properties.
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Nanoparticles genetically modify several human cell types
The protein nanoparticles could help doctors treat cancer and genetic diseases without using modified viruses, which sometimes have harmful side effects.
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Memristor demonstrates use in fully analog hardware-based neural network
The crossbar array memristor made of bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) sandwiched between gold and titanium electrodes is analog tunable, retention stable and regulator-free in circuit
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New approach to qualifying nuclear reactor components rolling out
The method will be announced at the Electric Power Research Institute, March 10-11.
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OLED lighting: Corrugated panel design extends longevity and efficiency
The new design uses microscale ridges to pack more OLED into a given lighting panel area and lasts 2.7 times as long, with 40% higher efficiency, compared to conventional devices.
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Model predicts best cooling and aging regimen to form strong alloys
A new multiscale materials modeling framework predicts microstructures to control the final strength of lightweight aluminum alloys for fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Blood analysis shows whether brain cancer treatment is working
New diagnostic chip pulls packets released from tumor cells out of blood, showing whether cancer cells died during chemotherapy infusion.