Materials Sciences

Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.

innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.

Zinc stannate nanostructures: growing a highly useful semiconductor

The review is published in March 2011 in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced MaterialsVol. 12(2011) p. 013004. Itis presented by Sunandan Baruah and…

Artifacts from Peru's Huaca Prieta undergo analysis in Adovasio lab

One of the world’s leading authorities in the analysis of basketry, textiles, cordage and other plant fiber-derived artifacts in prehistoric societies,…

Rice University lab creates self-strengthening nanocomposite

Work by the Rice lab of Pulickel Ajayan, professor in mechanical engineering and materials science and of chemistry, shows the potential of stiffening…

Sticking power: new adhesive earns patent, could find place in space

The patent, “pH dependent adhesive peptides,” was issued to the Kansas State University Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation responsible for managing…

Nanomodified surfaces seal leg implants against infection

“You need to close (the area) where the bacteria would enter the body, and that's where the skin is,” said Thomas Webster, associate professor of engineering…

A New Process Cleanly Extracts Oil from Tar Sands and Fouled Beaches

This method, which utilizes ionic liquids to separate the heavy viscous oil from sand, is also capable of cleaning oil spills from beaches and separating oil…

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