Vibration-absorbing, sound-damping materials such as sheets of rubber and expanded foam tend to be thick, bulky and soft. A ...

Optical anti-counterfeiting technology, as a preventive measure, has deeply permeated our daily lives. Visually readable ...

This study introduces a composite film of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) made from a single-component material system that can ...

A compressor hums, an air conditioning system rattles, a railway carriage chassis clatters, sending reverberations through ...

Researchers created a novel composite material that combines high rigidity with effective internal damping. By layering stiff ...

Materials researchers have created a new composite material that combines two incompatible properties: stiff yet with a high damping capacity.

PDMS has been the most widely used material for the applications of soft lithography in microbiology, and in biology in general, because of the following characteristics: it is soft, flexible ...

These materials include graphene, PDMS, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Recent articles have highlighted the use of Harrick Plasma devices to create a variety of thin-film electronics: Thin-film wearable ...

New method cultures antitumor bacteria and enhances anticancer properties by using highly porous scaffolds of bacteria.

The material is superior to existing stretchable films like silicone, TPU, or PDMS due to its high heat tolerance (over 160° C) for the purposes of sintering printable circuit traces. But ...

Oscillations and vibrations damage machines and buildings, while noise affects human health and wellbeing. Damping materials are consequently needed that are not only both rigid and load-bearing but ...