#plastic crystals

[thefruitypal]

Sinclaire canvas painting i did for my pookie bear :333!!!

also sudsy!!!

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Green material for refrigeration identified

Researchers from the UK and Spain have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace the inefficient and polluting gases used in most refrigerators and air conditioners.

When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects—enough that they are competitive with conventional coolants. In addition, the material is inexpensive, widely available and functions at close to room temperature. Details are published in the journal Nature Communications.

The gases currently used in the vast majority of refrigerators and air conditioners —hydrofluorocarbons and hydrocarbons (HFCs and HCs)—are toxic and flammable. When they leak into the air, they also contribute to global warming.

"Refrigerators and air conditioners based on HFCs and HCs are also relatively inefficient," said Dr. Xavier Moya, from the University of Cambridge, who led the research with Professor Josep Lluís Tamarit, from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. "That's important because refrigeration and air conditioning currently devour a fifth of the energy produced worldwide, and demand for cooling is only going up."

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[thefruitypal]

Drew Hatsune miku and my friend bought it ^^!!!!

she’s such a cutieee (also bug-o is there…say hai to them)

[practical-magick]

Plastic crystals

So tonight at my local mall it sorta dawned on me that witches are apparently trendy right now. Like we're talking sage bundles, herbs and chakra stones at Spencers, crystals at Hot Topic, pentacles at the little center kiosks, and just general new agey stuff at places you wouldn't expect. On the one hand this is awesome because you can find some stuff you'd pay 10X more for at a metaphysical shop. Like I picked up a chocker with real crystal charms for so cheap I was skeptical if they were real at first. On the downside there's also a ton of crappy quality or down right fake stuff. I got a few other necklaces where the crystals are totally fake and I'm pretty sure they're plastic. I got them because they looked nice, not for spell work so it isn't a problem that they're fake. But seriously, that doesn't mean you can't still use fake stones and crystals, even plastic ones, for magic. No, they won't carry the properties of the real thing, but you can use them for color magic, or even just as part as a sympathetic stand in for a real stone in the same way you might use fake candles instead of real ones, or a picture of an animal instead of bringing a real snake or whatever into your house. I'm a firm believer in the idea that literally everything has some sort of magical purpose if you look hard enough.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Tunable and mechanically robust ferroelectric ionic plastic crystals

New research by a group from Hokkaido University in Japan has shown that the plastic ionic crystal, quinuclidinium perrhenate, has ferroelectric properties and can serve as a model for finding new plastic ionic crystals that demonstrate ferroelectricity with directional tunability. Their work appears in Nature Chemistry.

Ferroelectric materials are spontaneously polarizable. The polarity of ferroelectric materials can be reversed by placing the material in an inverted external electric field. This ability to switch the material's polarity has been used for several applications including memory devices. Organic ferroelectric materials, in particular, are of interest because they are non-toxic and easier to make than their inorganic counterparts.

However, there are several obstacles to practical application of organic ferroelectric crystals. Each crystal in a substance can be polarized only along its polarization axis, which is dependent on the molecular dipole orientation within the crystal. For effective performance of ferroelectric materials, the polarization axis of the individual crystals in a substance must align in a particular direction. In contrast to the high symmetry seen in inorganic ferroelectrics, the low symmetry in organic crystals has made it difficult to fabricate ferroelectric materials with their polarization axes aligned in the desired direction.

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[charterfocusneedsy]

The 4 Steps Guide up Bling Your Shoes

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2. Aim at the Suitable Color and Fine:<\p>

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4. Stick'em On:<\p>

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[60thisyear]

Wooden shoe lasts given new life with crystals, broken jewellery, sequins, beads and buttons