Sentences with phrase «mechanical properties for»

The team has already begun testing new derivatives of the composite, including those that incorporate a single crystalline form of the hydroxyapatite for greater strength and a variation of the coating mixture to maximize its mechanical properties for bones bearing more weight.

The feat opens up new possibilities in silicon carbide because its nanoscale defects are a leading platform for new technologies that seek to use quantum mechanical properties for quantum information processing, sensing magnetic and electric fields and temperature with nanoscale resolution, and secure communications using light.

Not exact matches

While Wang has already developed self - healing versions of lithium - ion batteries, artificial muscles for use in the robotics industry, electronic skins and soon a touch panel, he notes that his polymer has limited mechanical properties, lacking the necessary strength and impact resistance required by most consumer devices.

Post-print UV curing method for improving the mechanical properties of prototypes derived from two - photon lithography

Films series — the 2nd step was defining unique structures, based on the new formulations, for co-extruded films to create films with similar mechanical, optical and barrier properties to conventional plastics like polypropylene or polyethylene.

X-ray and metal detectable plastic resins provide excellent wear resistance and lubricity for improved longevity and reduced noise, high mechanical properties without reinforcement, and detectability for reliable contamination control.

For example, a special tomato is just being developed for a large Italian food company that needed special properties for mechanical harvesting for the texture of the fruit, to make it suitable for a new sauce produFor example, a special tomato is just being developed for a large Italian food company that needed special properties for mechanical harvesting for the texture of the fruit, to make it suitable for a new sauce produfor a large Italian food company that needed special properties for mechanical harvesting for the texture of the fruit, to make it suitable for a new sauce produfor mechanical harvesting for the texture of the fruit, to make it suitable for a new sauce produfor the texture of the fruit, to make it suitable for a new sauce produfor a new sauce product.

Drivers include increasing demand for flexible packaging due to the growth in food & pharmaceuticals and superior mechanical strength, higher transparency, chemical resistance and excellent gas barrier properties.

Mahmut Okatan, Alex Belianinov and Stephen Jesse of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences set up equipment to probe atom - scale mechanical properties.

For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of SingapoFor example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapofor Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore.

Engineers from the University of Luxembourg are working together with scientists from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Switzerland to better analyse mechanical properties of snow.

Just the mechanical properties of muscles and exoskeleton, they found, could account for the insect's stability.

Using embryos of zebrafish, which was selected for its rapid development and optical transparency, they could show that the mechanical properties of the tissue change along the body axis, facilitating the extension of the body at its posterior end.

This sets the stage for a complex interchange between light, heat and mechanical vibrations in the PMO, endowing the system with several key properties.

«Our e-Dura implant can remain for a long period of time on the spinal cord or the cortex, precisely because it has the same mechanical properties as the dura mater itself.

His group has found that they can tune these hydrogels to have the chemical, biological, mechanical and electrical properties they want for the regeneration of various tissues in the body.

From an engineering standpoint, the prepubescent body has different mechanical properties, so one goal of the consortium is to make anthropomorphic details in the model account for kid - sized bodies, as well as other variations in sex and age.

High - pressure x-ray diffraction experiments at ALS beamline 12.2.2 measured its mechanical properties and, for the first time, clarified the role of aluminum in its crystal lattice.

Published by the Condensed Matter research group at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, the Organic Materials Database is intended as a data mining resource for research into the electric and magnetic properties of crystals, which are primarily defined by their electronic band structure — an energy spectrum of electrons motion which stem from their quantum - mechanical properties.

The researchers also discovered an essential role for the mechanical properties, i.e. the physical stiffness, of the gel in regulating intestinal stem cell behavior, shedding light on how cells are able to sense, process and respond to physical stimuli.

He said: «Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration for structures that have excellent mechanical properties.

This osteocyte lacuno - canalicular network (OLCN) is believed to play important roles in sensing and maintaining the bone's constant internal environment, and for the mechanical properties of bone.

Mixing and matching ultrathin compounds — each with unique optical, mechanical and electrical properties — may produce tailored materials optimized for a wide range of functions

For years, scientists and engineers have synthesized materials at the nanoscale level to take advantage of their mechanical, optical, and energy properties, but efforts to scale these materials to larger sizes have resulted in diminished performance and structural integrity.

The material that Wang and his team created restores all properties needed for use as a dielectric in wearable electronics — mechanical strength, breakdown strength to protect against surges, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity and dielectric, or insulating, properties.

«These meta - atoms can be integrated as building blocks for unconventional optical components with exotic electromagnetic properties over a wide frequency range,» write Dr. Jie Gao and Dr. Xiaodong Yang, assistant professors of mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T, and Dr. Lei Sun, a visiting scholar at the university.

Insulating bricks offer a workable compromise between mechanical and thermal properties and are also suited for multi-storey buildings.

Torroni thinks the results auger well for eventual clinical applications of T - 5 magnesium, whose mechanical properties are comparable to titanium, even in mandibular fractures, where stress on bone is particularly high.

In the last decade, graphene has been intensively studied for its unique optical, mechanical, electrical and structural properties.

The Empa researcher is convinced that the CNC material is suitable for a wide variety of different applications due to its outstanding mechanical properties, as well as the possibility of chemical modification and alignment during printing.

Of particular interest are changes in mechanical and thermal transport properties with which researchers try to determine the lifetime for safe use of the material in engineering systems within radiation environments.

For these states, called cluster states of entangled photons, the quantum mechanical properties are preserved even if parts of the state are destroyed — needed for error - resistant quantum information systeFor these states, called cluster states of entangled photons, the quantum mechanical properties are preserved even if parts of the state are destroyed — needed for error - resistant quantum information systefor error - resistant quantum information systems.

After allowing the spiders to ingest the graphene and CNT dispersions from their environment, silk was collected from the spiders and tested for graphene / CNT content and mechanical properties.

The discovery of cells» ultra-sensitivity for mechanical property of their environment is crucial to understanding basic physiological processes that underlie embryo development, tumor metastasis, wound healing and many other aspects of human health and disease.

«Humans have used silkworm silks widely for thousands of years, but recently research has focussed on spider silk, as it has promising mechanical properties.

Someday, superconductors could make for incredibly efficient power lines and electronic devices, but the development of such practical, room - temperature versions relies on a better understanding of the quantum mechanical properties of their far colder cousins.

The reason for this turned out to be another quantum mechanical property.

Measuring the mechanical properties of the carbon - based material also makes sense because it offers excellent potential for a whole range of applications in the field of coatings and micromechanical switches.

Because of their peculiar quantum mechanical properties these structures are interesting for applications in molecular electronics and optoelectronics.

They are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered — hundreds of times stronger than steel but six times lighter — and their unique mechanical, electrical, thermal and transport properties present exciting opportunities for research and development.

The new resist effectively combines the material properties of two pre-existing kinds of resist, achieving the characteristics needed to make smaller features for microprocessors, which include better light sensitivity and mechanical stability, says Paul Ashby, staff scientist at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, a DOE Office of Science user facility.

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of graphene, an atomically - thin, two - dimensional carbon lattice with extraordinary electrical, thermal and mechanical properties.

Carbon nanotubes have specific mechanical properties that make them good candidates for the Air Force's work, says Ryne Raffaelle, director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

To address this problem, Bongiorno and senior study author Todd Sulchek, an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, set out to identify biomechanical properties that could be used as a faster, cheaper alternative to enrich for stem cells.

ARL created a generalized model using an energetic formulation approach, which was key in identifying two important mechanisms for enabling high bending motion in soft biological actuators: (i) tuning physical properties (mechanical and geometric) via exploiting the interplay between the materials and dynamic nonlinearities to augment the motion; and (ii) highlighting the electromechanical coupling between the electrical field and nonlinear structural stiffness through the distributive actuation circuitries.

The TMS cited Brown for «distinguished contributions to advancing the field of material dynamic mechanical properties and damage processes, while providing long - standing service to TMS and the materials community.»

Professor Pugno said: «Humans have used silkworm silks widely for thousands of years, but recently research has focussed on spider silk, as it has extremely promising mechanical properties.

Ultimately, we expect that the project will help BioModics select the optimal silicone type, hydrogel content, and possibly other parameters, in order to achieve the best possible properties for our devices — including an optimal hydrogel structure for drug delivery and optimal mechanical properties, such as softness and flexibility, for the catheter material.

One subclass of block copolymers, tapered block copolymers (TBCs), offers a unique opportunity for optimizing thermal, mechanical, and transport properties in BCPs through control of the monomer distribution near the junction between the copolymer blocks.

«We thought that the electrical mechanical properties of the PVC gel could be used for robotic artificial muscles, so we started researching the PVC gel,» said Hashimoto.