Sentences with phrase «flexible structures such»

But few teams have studied how flexible structures such as hair affect a material's ability to repel water, says Alice Nasto.

Not exact matches

Systematically tackling the fixed cost positions such as insurances (always trying to compare / negotiate / substitute / slash) has been extremeley rewarding and brought our cost structure to a much more flexible and sustainable level, but it took some time.

This testing determines how your product interacts with various flexible packaging structures, and will help with identifying adverse effects that a product has on flexible packaging materials, such as chemical degradation or delamination.

When the liquid is applied to a flexible base such as plastic, the solvent evaporates, leaving the crystal nano - particles — the very same semiconductors found in everyday chips — to form structures capable of conducting electricity.

In ongoing work, the researchers are looking to generalize their approach to file formats that permit more flexible data organization and programs that use data structures other than arrays, such as trees or linked lists.

Robot bodies are becoming more adaptive and flexible, with designers taking inspiration from the extraordinary flexibility and dexterity of complex biological structures, such as the human hand.

Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL), researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer - scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would be unable to withstand the processing temperatures normally required to create such nanostructures.

For example, particles organized in long - ranged structures by external fields can be bound permanently into stiff chains through electrostatic or van der Waals attraction, or into flexible chains through soft molecular linkers such as surface - grafted DNA or polymers.

This differs from the flexible payment structure on a revolving contract such as a credit card.

Speaking of her process, Serena says: «My work originates from an interest for handicrafts and as such, carried out in a patient and laborious way, it uses the sum of gestures that are repeated and prolonged through time in order to transform materials as simple as fabric and thread into large sculptural and pictorial objects that are structured in an organic and flexible way.

The program's flexible structure and nature allow students to pursue a single discipline, such as painting, or a combined practice that bridges multiple disciplines and media, such as installation, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sequential arts, sound, and video.

I would be flexible in terms of creating a structure for such a bet.

This kind of flexible, evolving legal agreement can not guarantee that we meet a 2 degree goal, but insisting on a structure that would guarantee such a goal will only lead to deadlock.

In contrast, universal life policies (a flexible premium whole life substitute) may be structured to pay cash values in addition to the face amount, but usually do not guarantee lifetime coverage in such cases.

A variable universal and universal life insurance policy also have other benefits, such as the flexible premium payment structure.