A research team led by Prof. Li Runwei at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a flexible tactile sensor that could be used in the electronic skin and is able to detect subtle changes such as moving ants, in cooperation with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan.

Amorphous/nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials (ANSMM) exhibit high permeability, low loss, and good frequency stability, which are widely used in electric power, electronic information, intelligent sensing and other industries. Their energy consumption in the production and application process is only 80% of traditional crystalline soft magnetic materials

Metal-air batteries as an kind of energy conversion have captivated particular attentions because of their high energy density, low fabrication cost, environmental friendliness, nontoxicity, long expiration date, long discharge time, high recyclability and wide temperature tolerance. They have broad applications in electrifed transportation (such as plug-in hybrid electric v...

a dynamic electromechanical resonance technique for the characterization of mechanical properties of the 3D helical structures is reported by researchers from Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering

Recently, a joint group including Dr. Cheng-Te Li from Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, has successfully developed a facile and rapid annealing approach with nickel for the structure repairing in isolated graphene flakes on rough insulating substrates, accompanied by the laterally stitching of the isolated parts to form a continuous and monolith...