Make‐Use‐Remake: Toward Indefinite Low‐Temperature Material Loops
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We introduce a regenerable materials platform built from microparticles bound by a temperature‐responsive polymer shell, enabling strong, processable structures from diverse feedstocks. The material is shaped at low temperatures (80°C) using common manufacturing methods and reprocessed repeatedly in the presence of water, demonstrating stable ...
Nikola Křivánková +2 more
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Effects of Recycled Rubber Particles Incorporated as Partial Sand Replacement on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Cement-Based Concrete: Mechanical, Microstructural and Life Cycle Analyses. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2022 Garcia-Troncoso N +6 more
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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen +16 more
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Multigene Expression Programming Based Forecasting the Hardened Properties of Sustainable Bagasse Ash Concrete. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Amin MN +6 more
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Chitin‐Derived Carbon‐Metal Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Functional carbon materials are synthesized from combination of biopolymer (chitin) and iron precursors. The resultant material exhibits superior surface area and adsorptive properties compared to carbon materials synthesized directly from pure chitin.
Herry Fang +7 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This work developed an all‐aqueous freeze‐thaw strategy to create a dual‐conductive PVA/P3KBT binder for high volume‐change lithium–ion battery anodes. The resulting binder system strengthens the electrode structure, supports ion and electron transport, and accommodates repeated volume changes, reducing cracking and improving long‐term cycling ...
Haoze Ren +17 more
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Properties of Normal and High-Strength self-Compacting Fibrous Concrete in Fresh and Hardened state
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2014 This paper studies the properties of normal and high strength self-compacting concrete in the fresh and hardened states, six self-compacting with normal and high strength concrete mixes were prepared with different percentages of fibers(0, 0.4%, and 0.
Mohammed Mosleh Salman +2 more
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InfrastructuresThis study explores the influence of different concentrations of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on the fresh and hardened properties of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) in order to assess the structural suitability of the use of RCA in a precast ...
Juan E. Castano, Ahmed Abdel-Mohti
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A microfluidic device with magnetic microposts was used to assess platelet mechanobiology. The oscillatory actuation of posts with embedded iron particles was dampened by the dynamic stiffening of the platelet‐rich plugs. This stiffening process increased with applied load, but inhibiting platelet activation (ASA) or myosin contractility (blebbistatin)
Nikita Taparia +4 more
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Influence of Liquid-to-Solid and Alkaline Activator (Sodium Silicate to Sodium Hydroxide) Ratios on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Alkali-Activated Palm Oil Fuel Ash Geopolymer. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Kwek SY, Awang H, Cheah CB.
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