Existing methods to detect microscopic scratches and imperfections on transparent materials are costly and time-consuming. To tackle this problem, researchers developed a novel non-contact, ...

Transparent materials have become an essential component in a wide variety of technological applications, ranging from everyday electronics like tablets and smartphones to more sophisticated uses in ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created stretchable, transparent conductors that work because of the structures' "nano-accordion" design. The conductors could be used in a wide ...

Transparent conductive materials and devices have emerged as pivotal components in a wide range of applications, spanning from modern displays and photovoltaic cells to sensors and flexible ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 2 (January 9, 2018), pp. E124-E133 (10 pages) Achieving control and tunability of lyotropic materials has ...

Chinese researchers have developed a kind of highly-elastic ferroelectric material, offering broad prospect for the material to be applied in intelligent wearables, article in Science revealed.

The nanoindentation technique is extensively used for characterization of mechanical properties in small volumes. Due to its local character, the nanoindentation technique has also recently been used ...

Plastics, which are polymeric materials composed of long chains of small molecules called monomers, are widely used in everyday life and industry due to their lightweight, good strength and ...

SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2025 — Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not — unless you’ve heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood’s ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We study the half-plane problem for the elastic wave equation subject to a free surface boundary condition, with particular emphasis on almost ...