9 april 2009 -
The TU/e Student Sports Center (SSC) accommodates more than forty sports clubs that students can join. The options range from the typically Dutch sport korfball to the Chinese martial art of Xing Yi Quan, from team sport football to individual achievements in gymnastics; anything goes.
Eindhoven invention opens way to self-repairing materials
9 april 2009 -
Researchers from the TU/e Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) have discovered a way to start chemical reactions by exerting force. According to the researchers, this discovery may result in the development of self-repairing materials.
Representation of the experiment by Sijbesma and colleagues. At the top you see how the liquid flow pulls on the encapsulated metal ion via the polymer tail. Below you see how the ion that is released functions as a catalyst in building a polymer chain.