Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile
Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.
Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.
New method for producing thermoset plastics allows them to be broken down more easily after use.
Polymer may pave the way for drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives per year.
New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say.
Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.
BigSMILES language allows computers and researchers to convey stochastic configurations more clearly.
New material reversibly changes its structure in response to different wavelengths of light.
Once fabricated, objects can be altered by adding new polymers.
MIT chemist constructs nanoparticle-based crystals by programming interactions of synthetic polymers and biopolymers at the molecular level.
New design of large-scale microparticle arrays can make materials science and bioengineering applications more scalable, precise, and versatile.
Technique for calculating elasticity could aid design of new materials.
Color-changing materials could be used to detect structural failure in energy-related equipment.
Inexpensive sensors could be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical agents.
New materials could be tuned for applications including drug delivery and water filtration.