http://www.materialsviews.com Composites MaterialsViews Rss Feed http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/816201/Invisibility_Cloak_Made_from_Biocompatible_Silk.html Natural silk fibers provide the raw material to constitute biocompatible films with ideal properties for device integration. 2010-08-25T10:07:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/817715/MSE_2010__The_Top_Materials_Event.html This week the MSE 2010 Congress sets the scene for Europe’s materials science and engineering research and development. A Special Issue in Advanced Engineering Materials will highlight the most interesting papers from the event. 2010-08-23T14:30:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/739909/A_solid_framework_for_H2_storage.html Hydrogen storage, explored: the challenges faced by those working on Metal-Organic Frameworks as a means of vehicular hydrogen storage. 2010-06-11T15:09:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/689331/Healing_of_a_Thermoreversible_Network_.html A team from the University of Colorado created a ferromagnetic composite that heats and transforms into a molecular liquid in the presence of an externally applied alternating electromagnetic field. 2010-04-29T07:45:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/576119/Metamaterials_by_self-organization.html How far are we from making metamaterials by self-organization? Answering this question, a group of scientists have demonstrated a structure that mimics the famous split-ring resonator geometry 2010-03-08T09:15:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/574313/High-Performance_Nanotubes.html Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered to be the next-generation reinforcement material to potentially replace conventional carbon fibers for producing superhigh-performance lightweight composites. 2010-02-25T15:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/572153/Reflections_on_Silk.html New development reported in the field of biohybrid nanocomposites. 2010-02-19T15:26:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/570035/Polymer_Nanocomposites_Thinking_Small_Pays_Big.html Polymer nanocomposites are becoming increasingly popular as new developments take hold of the market. 2010-01-07T06:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/569979/Modulus_Anomaly_in_Magnesium_Matrix_Composites_.html Metal matrix composites find wide use in the transport industry and in robotics, because of their ideal elastic modulus, yield strength, wear resistance as well as high damping capacity. 2009-12-23T09:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/569847/The_Effect_of_Sepiolite_Nanoclay_on_Oriented_Polypropylene_Tapes.html The mechanical reinforcing efficiency of sepiolite nanoclay in highly oriented PP nanocomposites, obtained by solid-state drawing are discussed. 2009-12-02T03:00:00Z