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Artificial turf with upstanding qualities
Researchers of Empa and ETH Zürich's Institute for Rapid Product Development, together with the Swiss company TISCA TIARA and the German fibre manufacturer Schramm GmbH, have developed a bi-component fibre for a novel type of artificial turf, one which thanks to its hardened core always returns to an upright position and because of its soft sheath avoids abrasions and grass burns.
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Further Information: PDF of the article Focus: Nanotechnology and its instruments Nanotechnology – or, to be precise, nanotechnologies – have good cause to celebrate. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the scanning tunnelling microscope. This instrument and others like it enable us to peer into the world of atoms and molecules and thus make it accessible to us. Meanwhile, thanks to nanoeffects, numerous materials and products have been developed – and even brought to market – with new, very promising properties. Further Information: PDF of the Focus |
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