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11National Centre for the Evaluation of Photoprotection — CNEP is a research center for durability prediction and failures analysis of plastics (polymer) materials. The increasing use of plastics in daily life and for high tech applications points out the necessity to improve their reliability. These… …
12Hysteresis — Not to be confused with Hysteria. Fig. 1. Electric displacement field D of a ferroelectric material as the electric field E is first decreased, then increased. The curves form a hysteresis loop. Hysteresis is the dependence of a system not… …
13protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …
14Brazing — This article is about the metal joining process. For the cooking technique, see braising. Brazing practice Brazing is a metal joining process whereby a filler metal is heated above and distributed between two or more close fitting parts by… …
15Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …
16Liquid crystal — Schlieren texture of liquid crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.[1] For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its… …
17DLVO theory — The DLVO theory is named after Derjaguin and Landau, Verwey and Overbeek. The theory describes the force between charged surfaces interacting through a liquid medium. It combines the effects of the van der Waals attraction and the electrostatic… …
18Glass microsphere — For microspheres made of other materials, see Microsphere. SEM micrograph of a glass microsphere in concrete Glass microspheres are microscopic spheres of glass manufactured for a wide variety of uses in research, medicine, consumer goods and… …
19Contact mechanics — Continuum mechanics …
20Lau Wai Shing — Wai Shing Lau (simplified Chinese name: 刘偉成, born July 29, 1955 in Hong Kong) is also known as Lau Wai Shing. The family name of Lau is sometimes spelled as Liu like Liu Bang (founder of the Han dynasty) or Liu Shaoqi or Liu Bocheng. This is… …
