Students will use what they know about the properties of paper, plastic, and aluminum foil to decide how the materials can be used for a specific purpose. Key Concepts. Materials with certain ...

Multiscale experimental and computational approaches reveal how an ancient fish protects itself with an armour of scales consisting of four different reinforcing, graded nanocomposite layers.

Describe how processing conditions can be controlled to produce difference structures and, consequently, tune materials properties and performance. Select materials for various applications by ...

Testing materials can help identify their properties. To compare their properties, different materials need to be tested in the same way. NGSS Alignment. NGSS 2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an ...

It´s a material world after all, and Sergey Faleev looks forward to more problems to solve. Unmet challenges include predicting such properties as optical spectra or the behavior of solids with ...

A robotic hand developed at EPFL can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

Optoelectronic properties in semiconductor materials constitute a critical research area that bridges fundamental solid‐state physics with practical device applications.

The properties of these materials make them suitable for a wide range of applications, including the production of prisms, ...

New research sheds light on how electric fields can be used to alter the thermal properties of ferroelectric materials, allowing engineers to manipulate the flow of heat through the materials.