Dr Allan Walton, Senior Science Research Fellow and Dr Andy Williams, Head of the Magnetic Materials
Group, both at the University of Birmingham, UK, outline methods to retrieve crucial elements that are
in short supply.
Perceptions that the UK is lagging behind or is non-existent in the field of space exploration could not be more wrong. Guy Richards is on a mission to find out more.
As the medical field awaits new methods to enable fast and efficient
treatment, the development of a multifunctional, mutilayered, nanovessicle, drug delivery system is highlighted
As interest in packaging materials that extend food shelf-life grows,
Barry Park of the UK Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network explores
the potential for using nanotechnology to help reduce food waste.
Professor Robert Dorey, Head of the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre at Cranfield University, UK, considers the future of personal energy solutions and the role that materials science will play.
Piezo or ferroelectric properties, are finding favour in photocatalysis
and photovoltaic devices. Dr Steve Dunn, Senior Lecturer, at the Centre
for Materials Research, Queen Mary, University of London, outlines the
potential of these functional materials.
Team MAST has been delivering the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD’s) low to medium maturity materials and structures research since November 2007. This article presents case studies from that work - coatings to lower solar heat absorption, self healing of fibre-reinforced polymer composites and integrated damage resistance in composite structures.
