Research area
Materials & Engineering
Materials, manufacturing, sensing and engineered systems, including infrastructure technologies.
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Evidence date ·How water-swelling materials could help repair damage
Review or Meta-AnalysisA review surveys how swelling networks and reversible interactions could support self-repair. Practical use depends on preserving strength as materials heal.
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Evidence date ·Why chain alignment matters for resorbable sensors
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2026 review explains how aligned PLLA responds electrically to deformation and surveys possible sensors, actuators and scaffolds. Clinical benefit remains unproven.
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Evidence date ·What did a shaped, fiber-reinforced radar absorber achieve in tests?
Peer-Reviewed PaperChamber tests of a layered absorber covered 2–18 GHz. Its reported 8.6–26.4 GHz span reaches beyond that window, while load-bearing strength remains unquantified.
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Evidence date ·Growing fungal spores on soy hulls for proposed crack-sealing concrete
Peer-Reviewed PaperOn moist soy hulls, the fungus produced spores sooner and at more than 4.5 times the rate seen in liquid culture. Concrete repair was not tested.
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Evidence date ·Could four materials share the work of tissue repair?
Review or Meta-AnalysisA review proposes combining cellulose, hydroxyapatite, MXenes and metal particles. The scaffold’s performance and biological safety remain unproven.
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Evidence date ·What makes a lighter reinforced plastic part reliable?
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2025 review compares ways to make reinforced plastics, examines their use in brake pads and chassis, and calls for better recycling methods.
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Evidence date ·Can Lagos make better waste decisions with clearer records and broader participation?
PreprintA 2025 preprint reviews Lagos waste figures and proposes planning collection and recycling around better records and clearer roles. Its effects remain untested.
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Evidence date ·Can lighter materials absorb radio waves across more bands and still be practical to make?
Review or Meta-AnalysisA 2025 review compares ferrites, carbon hybrids and other designs for absorbing 1–8 GHz waves. Cost, durability and scale still matter.
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Evidence date ·Solid cultivation on soy hulls produced spores faster than liquid culture
Peer-Reviewed PaperResearchers grew fungal spores on soy hulls and compared solid and liquid cultivation. The findings improve production prospects, but concrete repair remains untested.
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Evidence date ·Tiny mineral maps reveal variation in fungi-grown deposits
Peer-Reviewed PaperX-ray maps found mostly calcite in deposits formed by three fungi, but also local variation. The minerals formed in culture, so crack repair remains untested.