Adding fibers is an effective way to enhance the printability and mechanical performance of 3D printable cementitious materials. Glass are commonly used owing their sound properties, high durability affordable price. However, there still a lack systematic in-depth research on effects adding glass In this study, series mortars with varying fiber content water/cement (W/C) ratio were produced eva...

Thanks to its optical anisotropy and mechanical properties, luminescent wood is a promising material for indoor lighting applications.

Cancellous bone architecture and mechanics are intimately related. The trabecular architecture of cancellous bone is considered determined by its mechanical environment (Wolff's law), and the mechanical properties of cancellous bone are inversely determined by the trabecular architecture and material properties. Much effort has been spent in expressing these relations, but the techniques and va...

Blocking heat in two ways Low thermal conductivity is important for barrier coatings, thermoelectrics, and other applications. Gibson et al . combined complementary methods that manipulate internal interface properties to dramatically decrease the of inorganic material BiO 2 Cl Se (see Perspective by Kim Cahill). The authors took advantage both in-plane structural distortions weak bonding layer...

Introduction Crystalline materials are generally elastically anisotropic. Even cubic materials are characterized by three elastic constants, whereas isotropic elastic material has only two. To define elastic anisotropy for the cubic materials, it is common to use the elastic anisotropy factor S = S11-S12S44/2 or A = 2(S11-S12)/S44, where Sij are elastic compliances. Materials become isotropic w...