(IN BRIEF) Fraunhofer researchers have developed a programmable monomaterial solution for athletic shoes that combines performance, sustainability, and recyclability. Instead of using multiple materials, the new approach uses a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer structured with ribs and ridges to create different … Read the full press release
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Tagged athletic shoes, Christof Hübner, circular economy, Circular Plastics Economy CCPE, Fraunhofer Develops Programmable Monomaterial Concept to Transform Athletic Shoe Design and Recycling, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Fraunhofer Society, materials science, Maximilian Wende, monomaterial, New Fraunhofer Research Demonstrates Single-Material Shoe Design Combining Advanced Functionality and Circular Recycling Potential, polyester, programmable materials, PUMA, pyrolysis, recycling technology, sustainable materials, thermoplastic copolyester elastomer, ZiProMat project
(IN BRIEF) An international team led by the University of Glasgow has developed 3D-printed auxetic lattices from PEEK infused with carbon nanotubes that broaden under tension and autonomously sense strain through piezoresistivity. Detailed in Materials Horizons, the study couples finely … Read the full press release
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Tagged 3D printing, additive manufacturing, aerospace skins, auxetic materials, biodegradable sensors, carbon nanotubes, computational modelling, Department of Science and Technology India, EPSRC, James Watt School of Engineering, lattice structures, Materials Horizons, National Science Foundation, partnership, PEEK, piezoresistivity, PLA, polyetheretherketone, Polytechnic University of Marche, Professor Shanmugam Kumar, programmable materials, self-sensing, smart orthopaedic implants, structural health monitoring, Texas A&M University, University of Glasgow
(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 2-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization, has announced that researchers at its Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials CPM are developing shape-shifting materials for use in products such as comfortable chairs and mattresses that … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, News, Science, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, bedsores, electric field, Fraunhofer, magnetic field, materials, metallic alloys, metamaterials, programmable materials, robotics, Sensors, shape memory, shape memory alloys, shapeshifting, smart materials, thermoplastic polymers
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