In a breakthrough for nanoscience, polymer engineers have made such a mold for nanostructures that can shape liquid silicon out of an organic polymer material. This paves the way for perfect, 3-D, ...

Fabrication of large aerostructures using composite materials typically requires a mold made with a metallic material with a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) so as to minimize distortion of ...

Manufacturers that must demonstrate energy savings in their operations can do so by substituting polymer mineral castings for steel structures. The total casting production process is can save up to ...

New thermoplastic composites approach metal strength and modulus but with 40% lower density, enabling lighter, stronger parts ...

A medical device designer might look up a polymer's physical properties and game out how a part made of the polymer will withstand stress. But start molding the part, and it might not hold up anyway.

Using a nanoparticle core, medical researchers have fashioned a new type of tissue and bone scaffolding polymer that addresses a number of long-standing limitations. A new article describes the ...

created in the resist by imprinting (1). The pressure is maintained until the polymer flow fills the cavities of the mold (2). The mold and substrate are cooled below the glass transition temperature ...

For years, electric utilities in the United States have relied on cutouts in the power distribution grid and on the overhead distribution system to provide overcurrent protection. Utilities using ...

Using molds to shape things is as old as humanity. In the Bronze Age, the copper-tin alloy was melted and cast into weapons in ceramic molds. Today, injection and extrusion molding shape hot liquids ...