Sentences with phrase «hybrid materials made»

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.

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With a comfort layer made of materials such as polyurethane foam, latex, or gel, and a support core designed with coils or a firmer polyurethane foam, hybrid mattresses top our best mattress reviews for all sorts of sleepers.

Hybrid perovskites are crystalline materials made of a mixture of both inorganic and organic ions.

«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.

To address the terahertz gap, the team created a hybrid semiconductor: a layer of thick conducting material paired with two thin, two - dimensional crystalline layers made from graphene, silicene (a graphene - like material made from silicon instead of carbon), or a two - dimensional electron gas.

The materials required to make the flake - like hybrids are much cheaper, too, Tour said.

Such hybrid devices — part living, part nonliving — would have to be made of materials that wouldn't be rejected by the body, and would need some kind of interface that enabled them to deal directly with blood flow.

Materials scientists at Duke University have developed a method to create hybrid thin - film materials that would otherwise be difficult or impossibleMaterials scientists at Duke University have developed a method to create hybrid thin - film materials that would otherwise be difficult or impossiblematerials that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to make.

For instance, I'm trying to manipulate material properties by playing with the electromagnetic environment in which light resonates to make hybrid light - matter states of matter.

Angela Belcher combines chemistry, molecular biology and electrical engineering to understand how living things make molecular - scale materials and incorporate their tricks into new organic - inorganic hybrid technologies.

A serious - minded and decidedly adult fairy tale about a virginal young woman who learns from her brother (Malcolm McDowell) that they are descended from a race of human - panther hybrids doomed to revert to their murderous feline state while making love to anyone outside of their own bloodline — a problem as she has just fallen in love with a sweet - natured zookeeper (John Heard) who specializes in big cats — this is a film swimming in sex, violence, poetry, philosophy and swanky visuals in such extremes that it always seems to be on the verge of becoming utterly ridiculous but it somehow never goes over the edge into camp because of Schrader's serious - minded handling of the material; it may be nonsense but he never treats it as such.

In a 2016 Ford Foundation - commissioned report, Barnett Berry, Founder and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, noted that hybrid roles that enable teachers to make decisions about programs, materials and resources ensure not only a collaborative vision and strategy to reach all students, but increased investment and excitement on the part of the teachers themselves.

Underneath the skin, the innovation continues as the BMW i8 uses a hybrid propulsion system and exotic materials to make a true 21st century sports car.

Making use of lightweight materials and a mid-mounted V - 6 engine, the NSX Concept employs several new technologies for Acura, including application of Acura's new Sport Hybrid SH - AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) hybrid sHybrid SH - AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) hybrid shybrid system.

Each part is made of materials selected for optimum performance: Precision - constructed, multi-material hybrid body combines steel, carbon fiber and die - cast aluminum to achieve high stiffness and light weight.

* All - new styling with mature design language making it look fresh and presentable * Neatly laid out interiors with spacious seating and high quality materials * Seamless mechanism of hybrid technology offering high fuel economy * Long list of convenience and safety features to pamper passengers

Making use of lightweight materials and a mid-mounted V - 6 engine, the NSX Concept employs several new technologies, including an innovative new Sport Hybrid SH - AWD ® (Super Handling All Wheel Drive ™) hybrid sHybrid SH - AWD ® (Super Handling All Wheel Drive ™) hybrid shybrid system.

Nissan made significant improvements for 2010 though, deploying a better selection of materials that are softer and more befitting a car in the Altima Hybrid's price range.

Extra sound deadening materials make this one of the quietest interiors in its class too, and when the hybrid powertrain is working in electric - only mode, you're practically able to whisper to all of your passengers.

Several other elements help differentiate the Ford Fusion Hybrid from its gas - powered sibling, including unique hybrid «road and leaf» badging on both sides and the rear of the vehicle; unique 16 - inch, eight - spoke wheels; eco-friendly seat fabric made from post-industrial 100 percent recycled materials; and a standard 110 - volt power oHybrid from its gas - powered sibling, including unique hybrid «road and leaf» badging on both sides and the rear of the vehicle; unique 16 - inch, eight - spoke wheels; eco-friendly seat fabric made from post-industrial 100 percent recycled materials; and a standard 110 - volt power ohybrid «road and leaf» badging on both sides and the rear of the vehicle; unique 16 - inch, eight - spoke wheels; eco-friendly seat fabric made from post-industrial 100 percent recycled materials; and a standard 110 - volt power outlet.

On the inside, Fusion Hybrid features eco-friendly seat fabric made from post-industrial 100 percent recycled materials and a standard 110 - volt power outlet.

Working with nature, the forms are made of thin synthetic material and earth becoming hybrid islands that dot the suspended non-space of a neutral - grey gallery floor.

The exhibition, «Edward Hines National Forest,» introduces a site - specific installation that traces the material processing of trees, from plant to lumber and cellulose, to produce hybrid forms that expose the complex relationship between people, human - made objects and the natural ecosystem.

McDevitt's works here show hybrid bird nests and habitats made from unusual found materials as though nature had bizarrely transformed and reclaimed man - made matter for herself.

In the film Schnabel remarks: «I started to use different kinds of materials because I was looking for some kind of new way to paint... working with things that already exist affords you associations that are beyond your invention... I see opportunities everywhere as paintings, in images that already exist, in surfaces that will repsond to paint a certain way, or it might come from an accident... I realized a picture could be the architecture of a painting... so I would select thigns that already had pictures - images of things impregnated on them - and then I could treat them as a blank canvas... let them inform what I was doing and make me react to what was there and come out with a hybrid painting... it has a much to do with reacting rather than acting.»

Made from silicone, fiberglass, and materials like human hair and leather, the creatures are eerily lifelike hybrids — both repellant and loveable.

Primarily a painter employing photography materials to make hybrid images and animated films, Saunders ha...

Primarily a painter employing photography materials to make hybrid images and animated films, Saunders has also been including printmaking in his practice.

She infused a completely new set of materials: those she concocted and heavily documented in the laboratory of her studio — such as tinted polyester resin and polyurethane expanding foam — creating a post-human form of lamps that used casts made directly from her lips, to every day resources — pantyhose, newspaper clippings, photographs, with straw and resin, grass and foam — resulting in distinctly radical hybrids of the organic and inorganic.

This material, a hybrid formed from interfacing the semiconductor gallium phosphide with a molecular hydrogen - producing cobaloxime catalyst, has the potential to address one of the major challenges in the use of artificial photosynthesis to make renewable solar fuels.

Tencel, is a man - made cellulose fibre, sort of a hybrid natural material, with the raw material derived from a renewable resource, yet processed in a fibre extrusion process akin to that used for synthetic fibres.

How do we make the transition from our current breed of heavy metal machines to small aerodynamic composite - materials hybrids (and fuel cells) without having both types share the pavement?

Warren covered it before, but now you can actually order a kit and assemble your own windowfarm - a hybrid, hydroponic gardening system that's made out of recycled materials and hung vertically in your window.

Although it stores less energy than some other lithium - ion materials, lithium iron phosphate is safer and can be made in ways that allow the material to deliver large bursts of power, properties that make it particularly useful in hybrid vehicles.

Prof. Jeong Min Baik of UNIST (School of Materials Science and Engineering) said that while several attempts have been made to use UV - based photoelectrodes for hydrogen production, the new photoelectrode represents the first use of the metal - dielectric hybrid - structured film with TiO2 for oxygen production.

They may be happy to use it as a traditional print casebook (those hard bound books do look good on a young lawyer's bookshelf); they may prefer to make it available to their students electronically; they may wish to insert their own teaching notes into our content and then provide their students with either a print, electronic or hybrid version of the teaching material; or they may wish to supplement a principal resource (such as casebook) with other proprietary material (such as text from a doctrinal work) or public domain material (via links to cases, statutes and other resources).

According to Samsung, the earphones have a comfortable hybrid canal fit for better noise cancellation and they are made from the anti-tangle metal - fabric material.