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The alligator’s body is covered in scales made of the same material as bone. The scales are connected by collagen fibers, which make the animal’s carapace flexible. A cross-section of the scales shows that they are made of a sandwich-like structure, with an extremely porous layer between two layers of hard bone.
Cerium oxide nanorods, synthesized and used in catalysis processes.
Courtesy of Dr. Maria Carbajo , UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA
Image Details
Instrument used: Tecnai
Magnification: 71000x
Voltage: 200kV
Spot: 2.0
Detector: CCD
The African porcupine’s quills are made of keratin, the same material that makes hairs and nails, and consist of a dense outer shell surrounding a foam-like material. By contrast, the American porcupine's quill is smaller and not as strong or stiff.
Fracture Surface of Spark Plasma Sintered TiB2 Ceramics
Courtesy of Mr. Karthiselva Sengottaian
Image Details
Instrument used: Inspect
Magnification: 160000
Voltage: 30
Spot: 3.5
Working Distance: 8.9
Detector: SE
Speakers present at the Primary Aluminum Industry - Energy and Emission Reductions: An LMD Symposium in Honor of Halvor Kvande.
This MicroGraph impressively demonstrates the unique capabilities of focused electron beam deposition on non-flat surfaces (ferrierite). With the FEBID technique (Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition) it is possible to select your deposition site very precicely. As shown in the overview-images in the description section even “hairy” substrates can be used. In this specific case we placed one hexagonal tower surrounded by four small squared towers with pitched roof on top of one of the hairy crystals. Two of the squared towers are hidden behind the other two, but they can be seen in the slightly rotated overview images in the Description section. For fabrication we used MeCpPtIVMe3 as precursor gas. The side length is 500 nm, the branches have a thickness of about 80 nm. As substrate ferrierite crystals were used which were found only a few miles away from our institute.
Courtesy of Mr. Robert Winkler , Graz, centre for electron microscopy
Image Details
Instrument used: Other DualBeam (Altura, Expida, etc.)
Magnification: 6500
Horizontal Field Width: 15 µm
Vacuum: 1E-6mbar
Voltage: 10 kV
Working Distance: 5.1
Detector: ETD
A Scanning Electron Microscopy image of a coral rock. The picture was taken under high vacuum at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Scanning Electron Microscopy laboratory.
Courtesy of Mr. William Monroe
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 1000x
Horizontal Field Width: 298 um
Detector: SE
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology — or NW IMPACT — a joint research endeavor to power discoveries and advancements in materials that transform energy, telecommunications, medicine, information technology and other fields.
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A PNNL LDRD program is developing a capability for measuring fracture propagation in materials under extreme conditions--also known as raman double torsion capability.
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed and successfully tested a novel process-called Friction Stir Dovetailing-that joins thick plates of aluminum to steel. The new process will be used to make lighter-weight military vehicles that are more agile and fuel efficient.
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The armadillo’s armor is made of triangular and hexagonal tiles that have the same composition as bone. The tiles are connected by collagen fibers, which give the armor its flexibility. The tiles are covered with a dark-brown layer of keratin, the material that hair and nails are made of.
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego have discovered what’s responsible for making the teeth of the deep-sea dragonfish transparent. This unique adaptation, which helps camouflage the dragonfish from their prey, results from their teeth having an unusually crystalline nanostructure mixed with amorphous regions. The findings could provide “bioinspiration” for researchers looking to develop transparent ceramics.
Full story: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=2803
Photos by: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Viola Acoff shared her powerful story at the All-Summit Keynote Session for the Fourth Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM4) and set the stage for the panel discussion and group conversations that followed.
The African porcupine’s quills are made of keratin, the same material that makes hairs and nails, and consist of a dense outer shell surrounding a foam-like material. By contrast, the American porcupine's quill is smaller and not as strong or stiff.
This simulated cross-section shows how the lipid-like peptoids interact to form a membrane. Each peptoid has two sections: a fatty-like region that interacts via benzene rings (shown in pink) with its neighbors to form a sheet. And a water-loving region that juts above or below the flat sheet. Each region can be designed to have specific functions.
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In recent decades, developments in software and hardware technologies have created dramatic shifts in design, manufacturing and research. Software technologies have facilitated automated process and new solutions for complex problems. Computation has also become a platform for creativity through generative art and design. New hardware platforms and digital fabrication technologies have similarly transformed manufacturing, offering more efficient production and mass customization. Such advances have helped catalyzed the maker-movement, democratizing design and maker culture. This influx of new capabilities to design, compute and fabricate like never before, has sparked a renewed interest in material performance.
We are now witnessing significant advances in active matter, 3D/4D Printing, materials science, synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology and soft robotics, which have led to the convergence of software, hardware and material technologies and the growing field of programmable materials.
This conference was about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications.
If over the past few decades we have experienced a software revolution, and more recently, a hardware revolution, this conference aims to discuss the premises, challenges and innovations brought by today’s materials revolution. We can now sense, compute, and actuate with materials alone, just as we could with software and hardware platforms previously. How does this shift influence materials research, and how does it shape the future of design, arts, and industrial applications? What tools and design processes do we need to advance, augment and invent new materials today? What are the key roles that industry, government, academic and public institutions can play in catalyzing the field of programmable materials?
This two-day conference consisted of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Learn more at activemattersummit.com
All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington
lbarryhetherington.com/
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Fresh, unfixed, bisected ant head
Courtesy of Dr. Daniel Boyle
Image Details
Instrument used: Nova NanoSEM
Magnification: 16,000x
Horizontal Field Width: 18.6um
Vacuum: 0.602 Torr
Voltage: 3.5 kV
Spot: 3.0
Working Distance: 3.7 mm
Detector: vCD
An abalone shell is made of thousands of layers of “tiles” made of calcium carbonate (more commonly known as chalk). A key to the strength of the abalone shell is a protein adhesive that binds to the top and bottom surfaces of the calcium carbonate tiles. The glue is strong enough to hold layers of tiles firmly together, but weak enough to permit the layers to slip apart, absorbing the energy of a heavy blow in the process.
A scary metal oxide ghost is sticked onto a pyrolytic carbon sphere
Courtesy of Dr. Mauro Mazzocchi
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 6000
Voltage: 5
Spot: 3.5
Working Distance: 5.9
Detector: ETD
In recent decades, developments in software and hardware technologies have created dramatic shifts in design, manufacturing and research. Software technologies have facilitated automated process and new solutions for complex problems. Computation has also become a platform for creativity through generative art and design. New hardware platforms and digital fabrication technologies have similarly transformed manufacturing, offering more efficient production and mass customization. Such advances have helped catalyzed the maker-movement, democratizing design and maker culture. This influx of new capabilities to design, compute and fabricate like never before, has sparked a renewed interest in material performance.
We are now witnessing significant advances in active matter, 3D/4D Printing, materials science, synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology and soft robotics, which have led to the convergence of software, hardware and material technologies and the growing field of programmable materials.
This conference was about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications.
If over the past few decades we have experienced a software revolution, and more recently, a hardware revolution, this conference aims to discuss the premises, challenges and innovations brought by today’s materials revolution. We can now sense, compute, and actuate with materials alone, just as we could with software and hardware platforms previously. How does this shift influence materials research, and how does it shape the future of design, arts, and industrial applications? What tools and design processes do we need to advance, augment and invent new materials today? What are the key roles that industry, government, academic and public institutions can play in catalyzing the field of programmable materials?
This two-day conference consisted of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Learn more at activemattersummit.com
All photos ©L. Barry Hetherington
lbarryhetherington.com/
Please ask before use
The African porcupine’s quills are made of keratin, the same material that makes hairs and nails, and consist of a dense outer shell surrounding a foam-like material. By contrast, the American porcupine's quill is smaller and not as strong or stiff.
Chromium hexacarbonyl vapour was carried by argon through a heated capillary and impinged onto silicon substrate. Due to the temperature of the capillary, the chromium hexacarbonyl dissociated upon impact and chemisorbed onto the surface - forming horns growing towards the axis of the capillary.
Courtesy of Mr. Mathias Henry
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 207x
Horizontal Field Width: 500μm
Vacuum: 2e-5 torr
Voltage: 25 kV
Spot: 3
Working Distance: 23.3
Detector: SE
By Christopher Johnson and Vilas G. Pol
These are nanoparticles coated with carbon (like a Tootsie-Roll Pop), which scientists are testing as a possible ingredient for better batteries. These studies often reach into the nano-level as researchers try to understand activity at the atomic scale in order to custom-design new materials for batteries.
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Electronically-Interconnected, Carbon-Encapsulated TiO2 Nanoparticulate as an Novel Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries
The alligator’s body is covered in scales made of the same material as bone. The scales are connected by collagen fibers, which make the animal’s carapace flexible. A cross-section of the scales shows that they are made of a sandwich-like structure, with an extremely porous layer between two layers of hard bone.
George Pharr, Texas A&M University, delivered the award lecture "Nanoindentation--The Next Generation" at a session devoted to Recent Advances in Nanoindentation and Small-Scale Mechanical Testing as a recipient of the William D. Nix Award.
Markus A. Reuter, SMS Group, spoke with members of the TMS Light Metals Division (LMD) at the LMD Luncheon and Lecture giving his presentation, "Light Metals: Key Enabler of the Circular Economy."
Viola Acoff shared her powerful story at the Opening Keynote Session for the Fourth Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM4) and set the stage for the panel discussion and group conversations that followed.
I took this SEM from mouse lung during my Microscopy course
Courtesy of Mr. SEYYED HABIB ALAVI
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 50000
Working Distance: 10.2
The African porcupine’s quills are made of keratin, the same material that makes hairs and nails, and consist of a dense outer shell surrounding a foam-like material. By contrast, the American porcupine's quill is smaller and not as strong or stiff.
PVP nanofibers prepared by electrospinning
Courtesy of Dr. Wei Luo
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 20,000X
Horizontal Field Width: 14.9μm
Vacuum: .3mbar
Voltage: 10 kV
Spot: 3.0
Working Distance: 4.7 mm
Detector: SE
Speakers present at the Primary Aluminum Industry - Energy and Emission Reductions: An LMD Symposium in Honor of Halvor Kvande.
Stacked inorganic material.
Courtesy of Dr. Erico Teixeira Neto
Image Details
Instrument used: Inspect
Image shows lack of depossition and coverage of steel material by 3-elements electrochemical (crystal growth) coating. Africa shape is actually the probable cause of future material corrossion.
Courtesy of Ms. Vedrana Grozdanic
Image Details
Instrument used: Quanta SEM
Magnification: 8000
Vacuum: 1,13e-3 Pa
Voltage: 20 kV
Spot: 4,0
Working Distance: 9,9
Detector: SE
This image represents the HRTEM of an edge of the gold nanoparticle.
Courtesy of Mr. Anderson Caires , Centro de Microscopia/UFMG - Departamento de engenharia Química
Image Details
Instrument used: Tecnai
Voltage: 200 kV
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology — or NW IMPACT — a joint research endeavor to power discoveries and advancements in materials that transform energy, telecommunications, medicine, information technology and other fields.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory"; Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.