Materials testing with machine learning
25 March, 2020By incorporating the latest advances in machine learning with nano-indentation, it is possible to improve the precision of the estimates of material properties by as much as 20 times.
'Atomaterials' centre seeks to transform everyday devices
13 February, 2020Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology are on a mission to create materials and products with unprecedented functionalities.
Scientists create atom-thick amorphous film
07 February, 2020Previously thought to be impossible, the discovery of monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC) could settle a decades-old debate of exactly how atoms are arranged in amorphous solids.
Antimicrobial fibre made from crab shells and seaweed
03 February, 2020Researchers have created a new kind of fibre from a combination of chitin nanoparticles — extracted from residual blue crab shells — and alginate, a compound found in seaweed.
'Chameleon metals' change surfaces in response to heat
21 January, 2020Treating particles of liquid metal alloys with heat causes them to roughen their surfaces with tiny spheres or nanowires. Control the heat and you can control the surface patterns.
Polymer fibres: light, strong and tough
14 January, 2020One individual fibre is as thin as a human hair and weighs less than a fruit fly, yet is very strong: it can lift a weight of 30 grams without tearing.
Reprogrammable material gets the green light
07 August, 2019Researchers have designed a novel, dynamic, reprogrammable material with a polymer structure that can change from hard to soft and back again — triggered by nothing more than green LED light.
Westlab digital melting point apparatus
07 May, 2019The Westlab digital melting point apparatus has been designed to offer hassle-free operation and fast results. It is used effectively in a wide range of industries to measure the melting points of different materials.
Biolin Scientific Attension Theta Flex optical tensiometer
01 April, 2019The Attension Theta Flex, from Biolin Scientific, is an all-in-one fully automated contact angle meter designed to support high-end imaging for even the most demanding industrial and research applications.
Crusher technology developed for the mining industry
28 August, 2018Intertek, a multinational testing company, recently adopted crusher technology that it helped to develop, following a project with testing equipment supplier Orbis and AXT.
Pharmaceutical material could be used in grid-scale batteries
12 June, 2018US scientists have developed a highly reversible, water-soluble material based on phenazine, an organic molecule used in dyes and antibiotics.
Attension Sigma 700/701 for surface tension measurement
01 February, 2018The Attension Sigma 700/701 is a fully automated force tensiometer used to study material properties such as wettability, adsorption, adhesion and more.
Attension Theta optical tensiometer
01 January, 2018The Attension Theta is a versatile optical tensiometer or contact angle meter used to characterise surfaces and interfaces between gas, liquid and solid phases.
Atom-thick coating can prevent metals from corrosion
06 February, 2017Researchers from the University of Wollongong have demonstrated that a coating of a single-atom thickness can protect metals from corrosion.
There and back again — the metamaterial that can switch from hard to soft
25 January, 2017Scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered how to compose a metamaterial that can be easily manipulated to increase the stiffness of its surface by orders of magnitude — the difference between rubber and steel.
