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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 12, 2020

Bring agrivoltaics to the next level, make nonmagnetic materials magnetic, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 12, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / April 15, 2020

Nanogel could turn germs into batteries, 3D print minerals to better predict fracture formation, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 15, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 27, 2019

Grow carbon nanotubes using newspaper, ammonia production, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 27, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 23, 2019

Contain a nuclear accident with ground-up minerals, align single-wall carbon nanotubes along common axis, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 23, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 10, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide, native ferroelectric material, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 10, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / June 12, 2019

Free-standing sheets of perovskite materials, fiber-optic probe sees molecular bonds, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 12, 2019.

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3D-printed glass: Where are we now?

By Lisa McDonald / March 26, 2019

Since 2015, there have been quite a few advancements in glass 3D printing technology. Take a look at some highlights from the past four years, and find out what may come next.

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Newest glass material ‘Glassomer’ is used to fabricate small glass structures

By Faye Oney / June 29, 2018

Researchers have developed a glass composite that could be used in fabricating intricate objects. “Glassomer,” a material made of a polymer and quartz, could be useful in a wide variety of industrial applications.

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Glass microstructuring made easy—liquid glass nanocomposite makes complex parts possible

By April Gocha / May 31, 2016

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have devised a photocurable liquid material that just might give glass the advantage—called Liquid Glass, the silica-containing nanocomposite can be converted into solid glass after molding.

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Metamaterial Shrinky-Dinks: Glassy carbon microlattice structures go smaller, stronger than ever before

By April Gocha / February 9, 2016

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology scientists have turned to 3-D laser lithography to build the world’s smallest microlattice structures. But while this method is great at fabricating intricate, precise, and tiny structures, it has just one small problem—it cannot go small enough.

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