SUMMARY VOLUME 3 2023
FAÇADE PANELS AS HEAT SOURCES FOR HEAT PUMPS
‘RENEWABLE MATERIAL OF THE YEAR 2023’ INNOVATION AWARD
BIOHOME3D
KNIT TO FINDTHE PERFECT FIT
TRANSLUCENT AEROGEL BRICKS
2023 JEC COMPOSITES INNOVATION AWARDS
Recycling of hightech composite off cuts
Earlier this year, Canada based ALUULA’s Composites presented a recycling process for ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) trimmings and end-of-life products,
Heating and cooling with coconuts and lemons
Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a wood composite thermal battery made from coconuts, lemons, and modified wood. According to the scientists, the material can store both heat and cold and 100 kilograms of the material can save about 2.5 kWh per day on heating or cooling, given an ambient temperature of 24 °C.
Façade panels as heat sources for heat pumps
Heat pumps are currently seeing something of a boom in the heating technology market. However, not every property has sufficient space to accommodate the external air unit needed for an air-to-water heat pump. Where space is limited, new solar thermal façade panels could provide a noiseless and space-saving alternative, as well as an attractive architectural feature.
‘Renewable Material of the Year 2023’ Innovation Award
From 23 till 25 May 465 participants from 32 countries attended the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg (near Cologne). The winners of the innovation award are bio-based and biodegradable elastic materials from Kuori (Switzerland), carbon-light yeast oil COLIPI (Germany) and the plastic-free natural polymer traceless (Germany).
Building skins to retrofit energy-inefficient structures
Insulating older buildings is often difficult and expensive. A partnership between Jefferson University and Lightweight Manufacturing aims to address this problem by developing fabric-based modular skins that can easily and inexpensively cover a building’s facade and improve insulation and energy efficiency.
A durable wooden bridge and an eco stand-up paddleboard
During the LINGA 2023 wood technology fair, 26 - 30 May in Hannover, the Fraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung WKI presented a number of its innovations in the field of renewable raw materials, in particular balsa wood, hardwood and natural fibres. The institute is developing applications for the raw material wood for various industrial sectors.
Little iron balls to safely store and transport hydrogen
TU/e student team SOLID has developed an alternative technique that enables the safe storage and transport of hydrogen (specifically; the energy from hydrogen). In this process, small iron balls are used as energy carriers.
The world’s first wooden transistor
Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first transistor made of wood. Their study, published in the journal PNAS, paves the way for further development of wood-based electronics. Transistors are a critical part of modern electronic. As an electronic component, a transistor is used, among other things, as an amplifying or switching element in an electronic circuit. They can have dimensions from a few nanometers to several centimeters.
CELLUN: fiber composite from biopolymers
In collaboration with her project partners DITF is developing a new fiber composite material (CELLUN) with reinforcing fibers made of cellulose. The matrix of the material is a thermoplastic cellulose derivative that can be processed using industrial processing methods such as hot pressing or pultrusion.
Best CO 2 Utilisation 2023 Innovation Award
During the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023 conference, April 19 and 20 in Cologne, the Best CO2 Utilization 2023 Innovation Award was presented. The prize is intended for innovative methods of using carbon dioxide as a renewable resource that can replace fossil carbon.
BioHome3D
On the grounds of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center BioHome3D was opened: the nation’s first additively manufactured home made entirely from biobased materials. The 600-square-foot home is the result of a collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and (UMaine, Advanced Structures & Composites Center). This demonstration project is meant to show how the materials perform over time in the local climate.
Knit to find the perfect fit
The bearing structure of a building made out of knitted material? Mariana Popescu, Assistant Professor of Parametric Structural Design and Digital Fabrication shows that unusual building structures can be created more efficiently and more sustainably using 3D knitted textiles. She hopes her innovative approach will inspire new generations of designers and engineers to think outside the box.
Translucent aerogel bricks
Glass bricks have long been popular in architecture for bringing light into buildings. Until now, however, they have not been suitable for load-bearing walls and have not insulated well. An Empa team has now developed a translucent glass brick with good insulation properties thanks to aerogel, which can even be used for load-bearing elements. This makes it possible to build aesthetic, translucent walls that reduce the need for artificial lighting inside the building.
Sweater-wrapped robots can feel and react
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (Robotics Institute), in Pittsburgh, have developed a knitted, textile sensing system that can measure contact and pressure. The so-called RobotSweater is specifically intended to make robots smarter while interacting with humans.
The 2023 JEC Composites Innovation Awards
Each year, JEC Group rewards groundbreaking, creative projects that demonstrate the capabilities of composite materials through the JEC Composites Innovation Awards. The innovation prize aims to stimulate innovations in composite materials and to bring the industry’s progress to the attention of the public. Prior to JEC World (April 25 - 27 in Paris), the winners of this year’s Innovation Award were announced.
Buckle up! A new class of materials is here
In designing materials, contradictory properties sometimes must be combined. Sometimes materials should be good at absorbing vibrations, but should be stiff enough to not collapse under pressure. A team of researchers from the UvA Institute of Physics has now found a way to design materials that manage to do both these things.
Novel 3D printing method for discovery and manufacturing of new materials
The old-fashioned trial-and-error method of developing new materials is a laborious, labour-intensive and lengthy process. hampers the development of urgently needed new technologies for clean energy and environmental sustainability, as well as for electronics and biomedical devices. Researchers led by Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame (USA), say they are changing that.
New ‘designer’ titanium alloys made by 3D printing
A team research team of RMIT University and the University of Sydney has created a new class of titanium alloys that are strong and not brittle under tension, by integrating alloy design and 3D-printing process designs. The breakthrough, published in Nature, could holds promise for a new class of more sustainable high-performance titanium alloys for applications in aerospace, biomedical, chemical engineering, space and energy technologies.
New material paves the way for more efficient electronics
Researchers from the University of Twente (UTwente) proved that germanene, a twodimensional material made of germanium atoms, behaves as a topological insulator. It is the first 2D topological insulator that consists of a single element. It also has the unique ability to switch between ‘on’ and ‘off’ states, comparable to transistors. This could lead to more energy-efficient electronics.
Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy 2023 (MCARE 2023)
21 - 24 August 2023, Bellevue
Steinexpo 2023
23 - 26 August 2023, Homberg
Eurocorr 2023
27 - 31 August 2023, Brussel
FEMS Euromat 2023
3 - 7 September 2023, Frankfurt am Main
Eurosteel
12 - 14 September 2023, Amsterdam
AM Expo
12 - 13 September 2023, Luzern
ARCHITECT@WORK Hamburg
13 - 14 September 2023, Hamburg
EMO 2023
18 - 23 September 2023, Hannover
SCHWEISSEN
19 - 21 September 2023, Linz
Kunststoffenbeurs 2023
20 - 21 September 2023, Den Bosch
NanoMat 2023
25 - 27 September 2023, Barcelona
Flatlands byond Graphene
25 - 29 September 2023, Prague
Partec 2023
26 - 28 September 2023, Nuremberg
Stainless Steel 2023
26 - 28 September 2023, Maastricht
POWTECH
26 - 28 September 2023, Nuremberg
Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories
26 - 29 September 2023, Frankfurt am Main
ARCHITECT@WORK Amsterdam
27 - 28 September 2023, Amsterdam
AM Ceramics
27 - 28 September 2023, Vienna
ACerS 125th Annual Meetig/ Materials Science & Technology 2023
1 - 5 October 2023, Columbus
Staalbouwdag 2023
3 October 2023, Leusden
Barcelona Design Week
3 - 15 October 2023, Barcelona
Solids Rotterdam
4 - 5 October 2023, Rotterdam
DGBW Dutch Green Building Week
9 - 13 October 2023, Several different locations
Metavak
10 - 12 October 2023, Gorinchem
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