The work is funded by the Chemical and Biological Technologies Department of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in the «Dynamic
Multifunctional Materials for a Second Skin D [MS] 2» program, and by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.
Dynamic
multifunctional materials for protection from chem / bio threats.
«The goal of this science and technology program is to develop a focused, innovative technological solution for future chemical biological defense protective clothing,» said Tracee Whitfield, the DTRA science and technology manager for the Dynamic
Multifunctional Material for a Second Skin Program.
Not exact matches
The group's tungsten - on - Kevlar yarns are expected to find applications in
multifunctional protective electronics
materials for electromagnetic shielding and communications, as well as erosion - resistant antistatic fabrics
for space and automated technologies.
For the future, Lin envisions more complex nanocrystals with
multifunctional shells and additional shapes, including nanorods and so - called «Janus» nanoparticles that are composed of biphasic geometry of two dissimilar
materials.
Joshua Robinson is associate director of the Center
for 2 - Dimensional and Layered
Materials (2 - DLM) and co-director of the NSF - I / UCRC Center
for Atomically Thin
Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC), both at Penn State.
Nanocapillary forces offer opportunities
for assembling dynamically reconfigurable
multifunctional materials that could find applications as micromanipulators, microbots with ultrasoft joints, or magnetically self - repairing gels.
Multifunctional, polymer - based
materials for applications in regenerative medicine Berlin - Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien BCRT Forschungsplattform
His research interests focus on the design of
multifunctional carbon - based nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene and adamantane) and other 2D
materials for therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging applications.
Focusing on furnishings that are produced locally using FSC - certified wood and using raw
materials that are renewable, biodegradable and non-toxic, Italian design company Woodly created «Roll,» a
multifunctional hanging crib on a «Happy Feet» tripod that can later transform into a greenhouse
for the garden.
The fibers, which can be arranged in regular patterns and be made of 3 different
materials, could provide the basis
for a program aimed at developing
multifunctional uniforms - functions that would include the production and storage of electrical energy.