Research area
Materials & Engineering
Materials, manufacturing, sensing and engineered systems, including infrastructure technologies.
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Evidence date ·How two kinds of connections make a water-rich gel printable
Peer-Reviewed PaperA water-rich gel passed two different recovery tests and held its printed shape. See what those results mean—and what a working device would still require.
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Evidence date ·Food packaging has to work through the last serving
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2023 review explains how films, freshness indicators, glues, and dyes do different jobs, and why package use and disposal shape the outcome.
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Evidence date ·How sunlight triggers a plastic to reconnect damaged material
Peer-Reviewed PaperA 2023 study describes sunlight-triggered bond exchange in a plastic. Its abstract reports strength and stretch, but leaves repair performance less clear.
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Evidence date ·How plant-derived cellulose helps reinforce polymer materials
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2023 review examines how cellulose can reinforce polymers, why moisture complicates performance, and where surface treatment might help.
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Evidence date ·Hollow microtubes become a larger surface for absorbing microwaves
Peer-Reviewed PaperA flexible absorber is reported to cover 3.7–40.0 GHz at 5 mm thickness, with potential to limit microwave interference if it performs reliably in use.
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Evidence date ·How tiny patterns shape mechanical waves and the flow of heat
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2023 review connects patterned waveguides with heat transport, explaining how scattering and temperature change what tiny structures can achieve.
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Evidence date ·Branched molecular connectors help a cut gel reconnect
Peer-Reviewed PaperA laboratory study separates visible crack closure from recovery after shear and shows how changing the gel’s chemistry alters its stiffness.
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Evidence date ·Why clay preparation and firing matter for ceramic strength
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2022 review shows why skipping clay preheating may still require firing, and why zirconia's effect on strength depends on the mix and amount added.
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Evidence date ·How renewable ingredients and rearranging bonds could give durable plastics another life
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2022 review explains how bond exchange enables heated repair and repeated reshaping of plastics, and why ingredients and processing conditions matter.
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Evidence date ·How temporary supports help cells attach and tissue form
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2022 review describes scaffolds that alter cell attachment and drug release. The featured cell and animal findings do not establish human tissue repair.