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New materials in the frame

Solar cells, encapsulants, glass, backsheets, and virtually every PV module component have seen rapid changes and improvements over the past 10 years. During that time, module fram...

Carbon Fibers and Graphite Particles Supercharge Dissolving Magnesium Composites

Soluble magnesium composites are emerging as one of the most intriguing materials of the decade, promising tools that dissolve on command downhole in oil and gas wells, and implant...

Self-Healing, Recyclable Carbon Fiber Composites Push Aerospace Materials Toward Circularity

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have created a self-healing, fully recyclable carbon fiber composite whose dual-dynamic vitrimer matrix boosts strength by up to 53 p...

Blow-Spun PVDF Nanofiber Mats Get Strength Boost From Clay Up to a Critical Limit

Researchers in Brazil have shown that a fast, low-cost fiber fabrication technique can turn a common fluoropolymer into tough, water-repellent nanocomposite mats—but only up to a s...

‘PIX’ fusion and aerospace innovation for alloys that get finer with age

University of Birmingham researchers uncover a new materials-design principle with potential applications from clean energy

Under the Microscope: NASA-made material for moon manufacturing

Photos taken using a microscope reveal the colorful, kaleidoscope-like crystal structure of a new NASA-made material that could be used for manufacturing during future space missio...

How Alumina Powder Enhances Advanced Applications

Key Takeaways Alumina powder brings a significant boost to material durability by enhancing the physical... The post How Alumina Powder Enhances Advanced Applications appeared firs...

Dragonfly Advanced Materials secures £1m in funding

A Newcastle University spinout has secured £1m in funding to scale innovative aerogel technology.

Titanium-polymer metamaterial floats in water

Hybrid open-cell material shows promise for marine infrastructure The post Titanium-polymer metamaterial floats in water appeared first on Physics World.

AI Searched 150 Million Materials – and Found Two Promising Candidates for Future Electronics

Researchers built a dataset of 1,202 records from 448 papers and screened about 150 million virtual compositions to identify potential materials for future MLCCs and electric vehic...

Waste eggshells strengthen lightweight magnesium alloys

Researchers turn waste eggshells into nanoscale reinforcements through friction stir extrusion, improving the strength of lightweight magnesium alloys while offering a potentially...

EU-funded AM2SoftMag project 3D-prints metallic glass electric motor components

Researchers on AM2SoftMag, an EU-funded project on additive manufacturing of amorphous metals for soft magnetics, have used laser-based additive manufacturing to make electric moto...

AI learns how to make materials, not just predict them

Machine learning can turn decades of synthesis literature into practical design rules, narrowing huge materials spaces to candidates worth making in the lab.

Above-average correlative materials characterization

Bringing measurements across time, space and spectrum together is revealing the hidden dynamics of innovative optoelectronic devices and novel semiconductor materials The post Abov...

A 2D atlas of topological materials

Scientists mapped the electronic properties of nearly 9,000 single-layer materials and identifies more than 4,000 topologically non-trivial or obstructed entries.

Floating Titanium Lattice Could Out-Perform Steel and Plastic

Australian engineers have created a strong and lightweight titanium material that floats in water, even after severe damage, revealing a promising new material for marine infrastru...

5E Advanced Materials: Searles Gives It A Seat At A Two-Player Table

Eggshells help make stronger, lighter metal alloys

"This work shows that you can produce high-value, high-quality magnesium alloys using an inexpensive, sustainable, biogenic waste material."

Battery Thermal Management by Design: How Advanced Materials Are Enabling the Next Generation of EV Batteries

Sponsored by H.B. Fuller As electric vehicles evolve, battery design is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Automakers are under pressure to deliver greater driving range, fas...

Fractal Pores Hold the Key to Turning Aluminum Waste into Stronger Cement

A new study links the fractal geometry of pore structures in activated red mud cementitious materials to both compressive strength and energy dissipation, revealing that the strong...

AI-assisted robotic laboratory automates entire workflow for metal research

An AI-assisted robotic laboratory automates the entire metal research workflow, from heat treatment to structural analysis and mechanical testing, advancing autonomous materials di...

Modified sugars enable simpler synthesis of nanoporous carbon materials without templates

Chemically modified sugars form carbon materials with tunable nanopores or layered nanostructures, eliminating conventional templates and offering a simpler route to materials for...

Lanthanum-Doped Flower-Like Iron Molybdate Powers a New Breed of Supercapacitor

Researchers in China have built an asymmetric supercapacitor from lanthanum-doped flower-like iron molybdate cathodes and tin oxide-carbon nanotube anodes that achieves roughly 45...

Australian researchers create floating titanium metamaterial

Australian researchers have built a 3D-printed titanium structure that floats in water and keeps floating even after significant damage, according to a study led by RMIT University...