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Self-folding origami

Chemical "programming" to induce Nafion foil to fold itself

26-Jun-2017 - Plastic with a thousand faces: A single piece of Nafion foil makes it possible to produce a broad palette of complex 3D structures. Researchers describe how they use simple chemical "programming" to induce the foil to fold itself using origami and kirigami principles. These folds can be ...

ceramics hydrochloric acid ionomers +3
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3D IR images now in full color

Berkeley Lab and University of Wisconsin researchers unveil FTIR spectro-microtomography

07-Aug-2013 - An iconic moment in the history of Hollywood movie magic was born in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz when Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale stepped out of the black and white world of Kansas into the rainbow colored world of Oz. An iconic moment in the history of infrared imaging may have been born ...

computed tomography Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy microtomography +5

UWM discovery advances graphene-based electronics

New semiconducting material created from graphene oxide

18-Apr-2012 - Scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have discovered an entirely new carbon-based material that is synthesized from the "wonder kid" of the carbon family, graphene. The discovery, which the researchers are calling "graphene monoxide (GMO)," pushes carbon ...

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Nanoscale coating protect products - and the economy

UWM researcher creates smart coatings that fortify materials

22-Oct-2008 - Put steel under a powerful microscope, revealing its microstructure, and prepare to be surprised. Known for its strength, the metal will appear pitted and pocked. "It is intrinsic to the material," says Carolyn Aita, a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ...

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