Materials & Innovations

Touchscreen warfare, passive purification, patent law, and glass strengthening in the May ACerS Bulletin—now online!

By April Gocha / April 24, 2014

The May issue of the ACerS Bulletin is now available online—check out all the great content that fills this month’s pages!

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It’s getting hot in here: Flexible glass-fabric thermoelectric generator converts body heat to electric energy

By Jessica McMathis / April 23, 2014

A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed an “extremely light and flexible” glass fabric-based thermoelectric (TE) generator that not only moves with you, but harnesses heat from the human body while doing so.

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Advanced ceramic materials may provide hydrogen storage solution for fuel cells

By April Gocha / April 22, 2014

A team of UCSD scientists, led by Olivia Graeve, has detailed a novel combustion synthesis technique to generate advanced ceramic materials for hydrogen storage applications for fuel cell technologies.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / April 22, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for April 22, 2014.

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Concrete abstracts—oxymorons describe longer-lasting and greener concrete formulations

By April Gocha / April 18, 2014

New advances in concrete could create-longer lasting and more environmentally-friendly improvements for the world’s “go-to” building material.

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Additive manufacturing for everything from penguin beaks to electrophoretic deposition—and Easter chocolates

By April Gocha / April 18, 2014

The media for additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, run the gamut, but new developments widen the scope for electrophoretic deposition techniques and put Easter chocolates into the list of outputs for new 3D printers.

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Self-assembly of zirconium phosphate nanoparticle films using an art supply spray gun

By April Gocha / April 15, 2014

New research details the synthesis of highly-ordered nanoparticle thin films of zirconium phosphate epoxy without the complex, expensive, and laborious processes typically required to achieve such nanostructures.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / April 14, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for April 15, 2014.

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Weekend warriors: DIY piezo speed belt with LED display makes runners safer, shinier

By Jessica McMathis / April 11, 2014

A light-up speed belt with a built-in piezo vibration sensor detects your pace and keeps you safe during your dawn-to-dusk runs.

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Hard knock life: Marine mollusks inspire stronger ceramics

By April Gocha / April 7, 2014

New research uses inspiration from the ocean to improve ceramics, making them stronger by controlling their microstructure and mimicking that of marine mollusks.

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