Living materials could one day be used to design more complex devices such as solar cells, self-healing materials, or diagnostic sensors.
GE researchers are using a water-based fluid flowing through a series of magnets to transfer heat, rather than a chemical refrigerant and a compressor.
PEEK polymers, reinforced with high-strength carbon fibres for structural components or as prefabricated components, have long been used in aircraft construction.
A leading plastics re-processor is urging product designers to ‘challenge the norms’ with clients and think along more ‘circular’ lines to encourage greater uptake of recycled polymers in new goods.
Autotex Steel, a high-performance, hard-coated film from MacDermid Autotype, delivers an attractive and robust brushed steel finish to Hoffmann + Krippner’s flexx-IPC control panels that sets them apart from the competition.