Sentences with phrase «hybrid materials»

By the same token, they also have an eye on the proper disposal of hybrid materials.

Continuing their collaboration, the team is now working on applying these techniques to develop new hybrid materials by mechanical assembly and edge contact.

The new material is also obtained from a novel system of obtaining hybrid materials in a single step.

The new hybrid material matches the performance of the existing technologies at a fraction of the cost.

The researchers are doing more than creating the new hybrid materials.

The resulting hybrid materials combine the structural properties of the substrate (such as ultra-high surface area) with the catalytic properties and corrosion resistance of the ALD coating [1].

In the natural world, many of the structural materials (wood, shells, bones, etc.) are hybrid materials made up of simple constituents that are assembled at ambient temperatures and often have remarkable properties.

These findings are of great importance for the realization of organic - inorganic hybrid materials with controllable structural and electronic properties featuring unprecedented electrical, magnetic, piezoelectric and optical functionalities.

A new class of low - cost and sustainable hybrid materials could possibly displace activated carbon as the preferred choice for reducing wastewater and air pollution.

«With so much current research focused on developing new devices by integrating layered 2D systems, potential applications are incredible, from vertically structured transistors, tunneling based devices and sensors, photoactive hybrid materials, to flexible and transparent electronics,» added Professor Hone.

The fiber - structured hybrid materials offer huge accessible surface areas and are highly conductive.

«New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater: Hybrid material converts more sunlight and can weather seawater's harsh conditions.»

The first successful application of the nanocomposite constructed by Helbich was only recently presented in the context of the ATUMS Graduate Program (Alberta / TUM International Graduate School for Functional Hybrid Materials): Alina Lyuleeva and Prof. Paolo Lugli from the Institute of Nanoelectronics at TU Munich, in collaboration with Helbich and Rieger, succeeded in building a photodetector based on these silicon nanosheets.

The idea was to take advantage of «hairy» nanoparticles, created by grafting polyethylene oxide onto silica to form nanoscale organic hybrid materials (NOHMs), materials Archer and his colleagues have been studying for several years, to create nanoporous membranes.

«These materials are quantum hybrid materials, possessing physical properties of both organic semiconductors and inorganic semiconducting quantum wells.

«This paper shows the simple synthesis of a new porous hybrid material, obtained by using low cost and by - product materials,» says the lead author, Dr. Elza Bontempi from the University of Brescia, Italy.

At the nature.tec professional trade show at the Grüne Woche from January 16 to 25 in Berlin, WKI will unveil and present various textile bio-based hybrid materials.

«The direct growth of anchored MoSoy nanocrystals on graphene sheets may enhance the formation of strongly coupled hybrid materials with intimate, seamless electron transfer pathways, thus accelerating the electron transfer rate for the chemical desorption of hydrogen from the catalyst, further reducing the energy required for the reaction to take place,» Sasaki said.

Results on the optical, electrical and mechanical properties of this family of TCO / metal / TCO hybrid materials is reported and discussed.

He focuses on creating practical, bio-inspired hybrid materials and examining those materials, often using electron microscopy.

Colin Horbal, Ford engine systems manager, discusses hybrid material approach to 2.7 L EcoBoost engine block.

The car stretches to 206.5 inches from end to end, features LED lighting, weighs 4442 lbs and has a much stiffer feel, a result of the use of aluminum / steel hybrid material.

BMW has also developed a carbon - plastic hybrid material called Secondary CFRP that is being positioned as a competitor for magnesium, aluminium and steel in light, semi-structural parts like seat frames and spare wheels for everything from MINI to Rolls - Royce.

, Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, developed new hybrid materials in his doctoral research project for use in the manufacture and modification of thin - film composites.

«Engineers design «living materials»: Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light.»

Works by these seemingly unrelated artists are interspersed in the space to create a conversation about crossing over — be it because they push at the boundaries of abstraction or because of their use of hybrid materials.

«Therefore,» said Park, «acid - free methods of synthesizing organic - inorganic hybrid materials are needed for optical thin - film applications.»

A new class of low - cost and sustainable hybrid materials could possibly displace activated carbon as the preferred choice for reducing wastewater and air pollution.

«This class of new hybrid materials could be custom designed for many functional materials including applications in nano - technologies»

He also set up collaborations with physicists to draw parallels between magnetic transfer and molecular - recognition systems, and with materials scientists to work on new polymers and hybrid materials.

The focus of this investigation is a hybrid material consisting of a thin nickel film on a vanadium oxide substrate; this hybrid material exhibits magnetic properties unlike any other magnetic material.

«Giant magnetic effects induced in hybrid materials.»

The institute foresees that materials science will increasingly include the combining of biotechnology and nanotechnology and the creation of hybrid materials that are neither organic nor inorganic.

Even though the constituent materials generally have poor intrinsic properties, the superior extrinsic properties of the hybrid materials are the result of the arrangement of hard and soft phases in complex hierarchical architectures, with dimensions spanning from the nanoscale to the macroscale.

Separating these hybrid materials into individual, free - standing 2D sheets through such techniques as spin - coating, chemical vapor deposition, and mechanical exfoliation has met with limited success.

«Our idea is to put the living and the nonliving worlds together to make hybrid materials that have living cells in them and are functional,» Lu says.

These hybrid materials could be worth exploring for use in energy applications such as batteries and solar cells, Lu says.

Yang developed a method of fabricating a photocatalyst composed of a hybrid material.

Scientists now report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a hybrid material consisting of imitation pearl combined with silver nanowires that works as a heater, with the added benefit of high flexibility, suggesting a potential role in wearable devices.

Instead, the new system uses molecular switches that change shape in response to light; when integrated into the PCM, the phase - change temperature of the hybrid material can be adjusted with light, allowing the thermal energy of the phase change to be maintained even well below the melting point of the original material.

The hybrid material melts when heated, and after being exposed to ultraviolet light, it stays melted even when cooled back down.

The new hybrid materials are produced entirely in solution, at low temperatures, and without the need for high - vacuum (i.e., very low - pressure) conditions, which significantly reduces production costs.

«Integrating these nanoparticles into glass, which is usually inert, opens up exciting possibilities for new hybrid materials and devices that can take advantage of the properties of nanoparticles in ways we haven't been able to do before.

Composition and internal architecture can be varied freely in these hybrid materials in order to match their performance to the most demanding structural roles

The hybrid material developed by USC and Northrop Grumman is twenty times better at maintaining temperature than silicon alone.

When this hybrid material is subject to mechanical stresses — pushing, twisting, bending, squeezing — the liquid - metal particles break open.

These hybrid materials have catalytic properties and are modular and recyclable.

The hybrid material adsorbed and removed the dye, even at high concentrations, with 94 % efficiency.

Analyses revealed that, compared with activated carbon, production of the hybrid material consumed less energy («embodied energy») while leaving a much lower carbon footprint.