Viscosity is one of the most fundamental physical properties used to describe how materials flow. It governs the movement of ...

The greatest appeal of iron lies in its high "Young's modulus" (modulus of elasticity). Simply put, it has a resistance to bending that is about three times that of aluminum and even surpasses ...

Excess nonphononic excitations beyond the Debye theory of phonons are central to understanding amorphous materials. Extensive light, inelastic X-ray, and neutron scattering experiments have documented ...

Department of Applied Logistics and Polymer Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Institute for Plastics Engineering West Pfalz (IKW), Pirmasens, Germany. In our modern world, where ...

Biodegradable polymers are starting to be introduced as raw materials in the food-packaging market. Nevertheless, their price is very high. Starch, a fully biodegradable and bioderived polymer is a ...

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The nanoscale determination of the mechanical properties of interfaces is of paramount relevance in materials science and cell biology. Bimodal atomic force microscopy (AFM) is arguably the most ...

Wound infections are serious medical complications that can endanger human health. Latest researches show that conductive composite materials may make endogenous/exogenous electrical stimulation more ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a representative operative method of minimally invasive surgery. However, most laparoscopic hand instruments consist of rigid and straight structures, which have serious ...

Low modulus, compliant systems of sensors, circuits and radios designed to intimately interface with the soft tissues of the human body are of growing interest, due to their emerging applications in ...

A recent Audioholics article titled “Identifying Legitimately High Fidelity Loudspeakers: the Myths & Facts about Cabinets” posited that one measure of quality is in a well-braced cabinet. Poorly or ...