A research group led by Prof. ZHU Jin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a polyurethane with excellent properties of stretchability, toughness, self-healing and even thermal repair, which mimic the biological functionalities of human muscles. The study was published in Advanced Functional...

Prof. Liu Zhaoping’s team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), developed an electrolyte engineering strategy for lithium (Li) metal batteries and thus realized pouch cells with a high energy density of 430 Wh/kg and extended lifespan. The study was published in ACS Energy Letters (ACS Energy Lett.).

Researchers at Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have made progress in understanding the surface damage behaviors of ceramic-metal composites. A critical temperature where transitions of wear mechanism occurred was identified for the first tim...

The swim bladder of fish plays the role of resonator to perceive the ambient environment, and further facilitate the fish to achieve a controllable vertical motion through the bladder’s reversible inflation and deflation in water.

Dr. WANG Rong’s research team at the Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has recently developed a mechano-responsive antibacterial hydrogel with controllable drug release behavior for wound healing application, in cooperation with researchers at Sun Yat-sen University ...