These proteins become the fundamental building blocks for different types of materials, including an alternative to leather. While silk dresses and leather bags may dominate the catwalks at ...

For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durability—often at a steep environmental ...

Researchers at AIBN have trialled these spinifex nanofibres to improve materials including latex ... “For thousands of years, spinifex was a building block for the Aboriginal societies in ...

Anyone who's ever tried tiling a floor, a backsplash or even an arts-and-crafts project probably knows the emotional ...

Nanocarbon materials serve as the fundamental building blocks for a wide range of advanced carbon nanomaterials and nanostructures. Carbon allotropes derived from synthetic process. (Image: Carbon, ...

The third area is the development of new strategies for the synthesis of LCs that exhibit functional properties and new supramolecular architectures to serve as building blocks for new materials.