A weak acid and weak base concrete stain self-neutralizes during application, cutting corrosive cleanup while keeping permanent color.
Crosslinked cellulose composite fibers improve liquid absorbency, retention, and wicking while reducing bulk and petroleum-based SAP use.
A thin magnetic adhesive coating turns diverse small objects into millirobots, preserving shape while enabling reprogrammable motion and disintegration.
Magnetic layered adhesive interfaces reassemble after loading, enabling high energy dissipation and rapid tensile strength recovery.
A protein and amino-acid-based board adhesive avoids formaldehyde while improving bonding strength, water resistance, and board stiffness.
Thermoplastic silk cocoons form durable biodegradable articles, while embedded proteases enable controlled degradation without losing use-phase integrity.