5 NEW MATTERIALS

1. 1.  matterial: Bio-inspired plastic

Properties:

-Bio-inspired plastics are based on biological structures or processes.

-Most of the bioplastics are made from cellulose, which is a plant-based polysaccharide material.

-Is made from insect cuticles and the strength of shrimp shells and spider silk helps in the formation of such plastic.

Aplications:

-A part from that Bio-inspired plastics may be used for short-term electronics equipment.

-Also, it can be used to make trash bags, packaging, and diapers.

-Bio-inspired plastic such as Shrilk may be useful for creating implantable foams, films and scaffolds for surgical closure, wound healing, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine applications.

2. matterial: electronic ink (E Ink)

Properties:

-When laminated to a plastic film, and then adhered to electronics, it creates an Electronic Paper Display (EPD).

- there are: a two pigment electronic ink system, a 3-pigment ink system and a multi-pigment ink system.

Aplications:

-E-ink was in the many e-readers coming to the market, including Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, the Kobo eReader, Sony Reader, and others.

-E-ink technology appeared in a few early cell phones and spread to applications that included traffic signage, electronic shelf signage, and wearables.

3. matterial: the polymer

Properties:

-The polymer can lift 1,000 times its own weight and be programmed to hold a temporary shape until it is triggered by heat to return to its original form.

-By altering the number and types of molecular linkers that connect individual strands, researchers were able to adjust the material's stability and set the point when the shape change is triggered.

Aplications:

-It can be applied to simple packaging films all the way through to advanced aerospace materials, and can be used as part of complex litigation cases.

4. matterial: Aluminum Bubble Wrap

Properties:

-The scientists take a thin sheet of aluminum, then use a studded roller to form small indents in the sheet.

-Unlike its polyethylene counterpart, these voids are then filled with a foamed material like calcium carbonate, before being sealed with another flat sheet of metal.

Aplications:

-It could soon be used in everything from shipping containers for fragile goods to bike helmets.

-Nowadays, it is used to pack boxes.

5. matterial: Titanium foam

Properties:

-By saturating a humble polyurethane foam with a solution of titanium powder and binding agents, it's possible to force the metal to cling to the shape of the simple foam and then vaporise the underlying structure away.

-The material is just perfect for replacing bone: it has incredibly similar mechanical properties and, because it's porous, new bone can grow and around its structure.

Aplications:

-It can be used in structural applications for load bearing features due to the compression strength.is --It also very useful for impact-absorbing structures in vehicles.

-It is also ideal for sound absorption and vibrations.

-And it is currently undergoing tests as a possibility to be used as bones in the human body.