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Time to cut up your cocktail dresses and expensive scarfs!
By Ian Randall, DailyMail.com
Scientists claim effective masks can be made from familiar fabrics. Chiffon between cotton layers can sift out up to 99 per cent of airborne droplets.
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Best Materials for Homemade Coronavirus Face Masks – Performance Close to N95
By ACS, SciTechDaily
One layer of a tightly woven cotton sheet combined with two layers of polyester-spandex chiffon filtered out the most aerosol particles.
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The best material for homemade face masks may be a combination of two fabrics
By ACS, EurekAlert!
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public.
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The Evolution of Microfluidic Technology
By Admin, The Times USA
The new approach enables easy integration of devices onto various substrates and opens the field to explore a lot of potential applications.
Innovative and Conservative Design for Circuits on Curved Surfaces
By James Williams, FeedsPortal
Who would have thought that circuits could be created on 3D surfaces, and that too using a rubber mold? It is now possible!
From Chains of Rigid Links to Soft Robotics – Revolutionary Role of Microfluidics
By Editor-MO, Rocket News
The reported methodology can potentially address the challenges researchers face in imbibing sensing into soft robotics.
Is Microfluidic Technology the ‘Next BIG Thing’ in the Circuit Realm?
By Mahesh CK, Recently Heard News
These researchers demonstrated a simpler and cost-effective method for depositing circuits on surfaces that are textured, stretchable and curved.
Soft Robotics Powered by Microfluidics
By Babak Mostaghaci, Advanced Science News
The presented work is a simple approach to imbibe sensing capabilities into soft actuators that could potentially lead to smart, autonomous soft robots.
Inexpensive Method Eliminates Need for Precise Robotics
By Scott Schrage, R&D World Magazine
With the help of some microscopic canals, squishy materials and chemistry, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Stephen Morin is throwing a curve into the normally flat landscape of circuitry.
Stretchable Chemical Templates
By Prof. Stephen Morin, iMechanica
The Morin Research Group applies classical concepts in surface chemistry and polymer mechanics to enable innovative approaches to the fabrication of adaptive, hybrid polymer microstructures with various functionalities (e.g., sensing, actuation).
Technique Expands Circuitry to Curved, Textured Surfaces
By Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska
Morin and his team have developed a technique for painting circuits—typically copper—onto curved, textured and stretchable surfaces.
Citation for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry
By Dept. of Chemistry, University of Nebraska
Congratulations to Abhiteja Konda for winning a Spring 2017 Citation for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry.
Morin, team show potential of 'stretchable surfaces'
By Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska
Morin and his team have developed a technique for painting circuits—typically copper—onto curved, textured and stretchable surfaces.