A novel engineered surface material called RepelWrap is offering great promise in medical settings – among myriad other uses.
New material sends bacteria and viruses packing
Advanced Material and Processes, Volume 180, Issue 2, March 2022
The March issue of Advanced Materials & Processes magazine has an editorial focus on Aerospace Materials and Testing.
New ebsd.com website updated to reflect technological advances
Since 2003, Oxford Instruments, U.K., has used the website www.ebsd.com to inform and educate researchers about the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. Following significant updates in both 2011 and 2016, Oxford Instruments is delighted to announce that the ebsd.com website has now been completely rewritten and redesigned, providing readers with an up-to-date overview of the EBSD technique as it stands today.
Silicon fluorescence shines light on microcracks in cement, revealing early signs of damage
Concrete fractures that are invisible to the naked eye stand out in images produced through a technique created at Rice University. A collaboration between research groups at Rice and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research discovered by chance that common Portland cement contains microscopic crystals of silicon that emit near-infrared fluorescence when illuminated with visible light.
New synthetic tooth enamel is harder and stronger than the real thing
Delivering what has been so challenging to produce, researchers present an engineered analog of tooth enamel – an ideal model for designing biomimetic materials – designed to closely mimic the composition and structure of biological teeth’s hard mineralized outer layer. It demonstrates exceptional mechanical properties.