Repost by PHY ORG. Written and published by North Carolina State University. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: Materials that are tough and elastic are preferred in protection related activities. Nature produces a lot of materials that satisfy these requirements like rubber, cartilage, etc. However, producing a material with these properties synthetically is a challenge. Researchers from North Carolina State University have created some materials in the class of materials known as ionogels. This type of material is basically polymer structures with liquid salts (liquid at RTP) within them. They have also found many other interesting properties with this material. Read more to find out what properties this material has that makes it so interesting! Credit: Meixiang Wang, NC State University
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Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by University of Cambridge. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: Quantum memory is a major step in reaching quantum systems. Researchers from University of Cambridge in collaboration with UT Sydney have found a possible but unexpected material for this. They have found that the defects in hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) produce single photons in a fixed magnetic field. These photons can be used as quantum particles for quantum systems using a property they have known as spin. hBN is easy to produce and scale and what’s different other than the fact that this can be done at room temperature is the different defects produce different signals unlike other such materials. Credit: Qiushi Gu
Silver and chemicals found in wine and chocolate used to create antimicrobial textile coating2/9/2022 Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by University of Tokyo. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: Silver has been and is being researched a lot for its antimicrobial properties. However, it is not that cheap, so it is not used by common people like us. For the first time, researchers from the University of Tokyo have created a cost effective and convenient way to apply a silver based antimicrobial coating to textiles. They have invented two different methods, one for companies and one which can be used by consumers. The main point in this invention however is that, this is not just a one time use but the coating can remain on the cloth even after many washes so that your clothes can remain odor free for a long time! Read on to find out how they did this. Credit: Ejima et al.
Two-dimensional polymer helps create a new lightweight material that is stronger than steel2/3/2022 Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: It was hypothesized long back that if polymers could form 2D sheets, they would be extremely strong, lightweight materials enough to support a building, despite our experience telling us that polymers are not usually that strong. One of the reasons it has been so tough to achieve this is because if even just one monomer shifted in the growing structure the entire structure would begin expanding in 3D. Researchers from MIT have managed to create a method to produce 2D sheets of polymer and as it turns out, the properties are as was predicted opening up lots of possibilities for this material. Read more to find out how they created this material and how useful it is… Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
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