Technique combines 3D printing, laser scanning; US spin-off Inkbit now offering bespoke service. 3D printed in one go: A robotic hand made of varyingly rigid and elastic polymers. For the first time, ...

Researchers from Shandong University and the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics have engineered a groundbreaking elastic ...

A “slight crosslinking” technique that gives ferroelectric materials elastic recovery has been proposed by a research team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of ...

A research group led by Prof. LI Runwei at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a "slight crosslinking" method ...

To make their new material, the team encased a thin layer of EGaIn in an elastic polymer. On the inside of the polymer was a series of tiny glass beads, which keep the EGaIn from pooling in one spot.

Extensional rheology examines the response of polymer solutions to uniaxial stretching flows, a phenomenon intrinsic to many industrial and natural processes. In these systems, the interplay of ...

Viscoelastic polymer dynamics and kinetic models represent a vibrant interdisciplinary field that bridges molecular theory with macroscopic flow behaviour in complex fluids. At its core, the subject ...

An international team of researchers has developed a technique that uses liquid metal to create an elastic material that is impervious to both gases and liquids. Applications for the material include ...

New research shows that two types of turbulence coexist in everyday fluids like shampoos and ketchup, challenging long-held assumptions. Turbulence, the chaotic, irregular motion that causes the ...