KIT researchers have
developed microstructured lightweight construction materials of highest stability.
«In this manner, we'll help propel the community to
develop microstructure - sensitive materials models and provide the validation needed to push materials to the next level of performance.»
Not exact matches
For their production and application, Wegener and his team have
developed an innovative method that covers all processes from
microstructure fabrication to the readout of information.
Integrated computational materials engineering is a field of science that
develops computational models so scientists can understand materials at these various scales, allowing them to tailor and optimize custom - designed
microstructures with the necessary properties for the functions they are destined for.
A team of researchers at Access, a research centre associated with the Technical University of Aachen in Germany, has
developed a «common language» for modelling and simulation tools used in studying the
microstructures of materials.
To produce and print such
microstructures, the experts use a rapid and precise laser lithography device
developed and commercialized by the Nanoscribe company, a spinoff of KIT.
Unique «cross-lamellar
microstructure» which can be
developed in the NbSi2 / MoSi2 two - phase alloy by the coaddition of minute amounts of Cr and Ir.
The common language, or set of descriptors,
developed by the team can only describe the
microstructure of a material at a given instant in time.
Microstructures like this one
developed at Washington State University could be used in batteries, lightweight ultrastrong materials, catalytic converters, supercapacitors and biological scaffolds.
«This is an interesting idea and there is a need to
develop devices which can grip a
microstructure for placement elsewhere,» he told New Scientist.
«This
microstructure we
developed breaks the traditional strength - ductility tradeoff barrier,» Wang said.
Varying in size from just 3.5 to 50 μm, the dimensions of the graphene
microstructures developed by UIUC put them right in the middle of a range of electronic devices, including various types of photodetectors, nano antennas, and other sub-miniature components that were once only the domain of silicon - based products.
In recognition of their work in
developing the scanning confocal microscope to the point where it is used in hundreds of research laboratories worldwide and reveals
microstructures not discernible by other methods.
Researchers at NYU's Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation Research have
developed a new way to measure changes in
microstructure of muscle fiber.
Leica Microsystems
develops and manufactures microscopes and scientific instruments for the analysis of
microstructures and nanostructures.
Based on their discoveries about the feathers»
microstructure, the scientists recreated the design in a nanofiber membrane that could be
developed into an ice - proof material, which they say could potentially be used in applications such as electrical insulation.