How do surface structures inhibit high-temperature wetting? Inspired by rice leaves with anisotropic wettability, researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University have created bioinspired directional ...

When 3D printing was first introduced in 1985, it marked a major turning point for the manufacturing industry. In addition to ...

Polymer-grade propylene (>99.5%) is an important raw material in the chemical industry. Producing propylene inevitably generates propane as a byproduct in the product steam. And producing ...

Bioinspired nanomaterials are synthetic materials designed to mimic the structure, properties, and functions of biological systems at the nanoscale. By learning from nature's time-tested strategies, ...