Over the past few decades, food packaging markets have captured the attention of researchers due to their direct impact on human health. Both metallic and nonmetallic materials find use in the food ...

Soft porous crystals (SPCs), with soft metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as prominent examples, have attracted significant attention as a new generation of functional materials due to their remarkable ...

Mechanoluminescent materials have emerged as a dynamic class of substances that emit light in response to mechanical stimuli. The phenomenon, which spans both inorganic and organic compounds, has ...

Smart or intelligent materials possess unique capabilities, such as self-adaptability, memory, self-sensing, and multi-functionality, making them attractive across many industries, including aerospace ...

A new smart material is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli. A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of ...