At Michelin's International Movin' On transportation summit, French tire maker introduced a new concept tire that is airless, biodegradable and made with a 3D printer.
For the millions of people who could benefit from medical implants, 3D printing technology holds considerable promise.
In 2016 alone, an estimated 2.1 billion individuals around the world owned their own smartphones, and this number is expected to steadfastly increase to up to 2.87 billion users by the year 2020.
By Benedette Cuffari
16 Jun 2017
Researchers have discovered that organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites may be capable of advancing electronics to the next level. Perovskites have already found scientific fame for being amazingly efficient at converting sunlight into electricity.
Colorimeters are used across chemical and biological fields including, the analysis of blood, water, nutrients in soil and foodstuffs, determining the concentration of a solution, determining the rates of reaction, determining the growth of bacterial cultures and laboratory quality control.
Researchers from Rice University have found a solution to the build up of dendrites on lithium ion batteries in smartphones by discovering that Li metal can be stored as a coating on a graphene-carbon nanotube anode creating a safer, longer lasting battery for smartphone technology.
By Anna Clemens
19 May 2017
This article discusses the chemical characterization and mapping of a variety of polymeric materials and structures using the nanoIR2-FS™ system.
Researchers have discovered a method to control charge carriers in a single semiconducting material by shifting electronic levels at different locations within the material using collective electrostatic effects. The discovery has great potential for organic solar cells and new quantum structures.
By Anna Clemens
16 May 2017
Researchers from Najing University, Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation & the University of Illinois have now found a way to bypass the glue by electroplating the active material onto the substrate. Electroplating allowed for higher design flexibility, quality & performance of the resulting cathode.
By Anna Clemens
16 May 2017
Engineers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have now developed an ‘erasable ink’ for use in 3D printers, according to a new study in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
By Brett Smith
5 May 2017