In the past, ships used to be built from timber. In 1670, naval shipwright Sir Anthony Deane built the first royal ship mostly from iron. He was confronted with resistance and was said to be using ...

For a long time, material development has focused on enhancing performance and reducing costs. Efforts have been directed toward making products lighter, tougher, better insulated, more beautiful, ...

A pathway for ALD-enhanced materials to be quickly developed and transitioned from lab-scale to commercial production is available for almost any application, for the first time ever. Atomic-level ...

Move over, graphene. There's a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, ...

Similar to the widespread interest in “graphite” and “diamond,” there is growing interest in metastable phases, which have different physical properties than those of stable phases. However, processes ...

Materials suppliers are responding to the intense pressures to improve power, performance, scaling, and cost issues, which follows a long timeline from synthesis to development and high volume ...

The earth contains a plethora of strong materials, and most of these are yet to be discovered by humans. Mother of pearl, which is also known as nacre, is a material of astonishing strength with ...

Global automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis is accelerating the development of new materials for future mobility and achieving diverse research and development (R&D) goals as it tries to position itself ...

The development of new materials has been booming in recent years, driven by innovations in aerospace, medical, and 3D printing applications. According to TrendFeedr, the materials sector is leading ...

Pioneering the Future of Materials and Manufacturing Through Innovation and Research. At the Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Research Group (MAMRC), we address fundamental and applied challenges ...