Heterostructures are structures formed by reassembling isolated atomic layers such as graphene, hBN or TMDCs, one on top of each other in a precise chosen sequence to form a complex structure which has unusual properties and potential applications.
By Benedette Cuffari
20 Feb 2017
In this interview, Brian Sayers, Product Manager from Solartron Analytical talks to AZoM about their four new Apps-XM Series. Four new focused products that are competitive on size, price and save valuable lab space.
By Mychealla Rice
20 Feb 2017
An international team of researchers has now made this dream a reality. The team have managed to produce an innovative strategy to fabricate 2D polymers that consist of interwoven polymer fibres, held together by the interlocking mechanical forces that arise from the weaved pattern.
By Liam Critchley
20 Feb 2017
Food adulteration is at the top of the list when it comes to food safety concerns, especially following recent incidents, such as the 2008 Chinese powdered milk scandal. That scandal involved milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with melamine.
Researchers have created a highly stable material that is both flexible and robust enough to withstand conformational changes and crystal metamorphisms. The material employs an inorganic based building block composed of tungsten oxide (P8W48O184), pieced together by cobalt-based linker molecules.
By Liam Critchley
17 Feb 2017
Researchers from the USA have created a series of flattened-nanotube reinforced thermoplastic composites, which have been fabricated as a function of buckypaper loading. The researchers incorporated a Parmax polymer resin, to increase and optimise the mechanical strength of these composites.
By Liam Critchley
17 Feb 2017
The rule of thumb “no active-on-active” states that a machine incorporating active vibration isolation (internally) cannot be mounted on a platform using active vibration control. This rule is incorrect, as it is only applicable to specific types of active vibration isolation systems.
Three tools are typically used to measure vibrational noise (noise) - a storage Oscilloscope (scope); a vibration sensor (sensor), which is generally a 'seismic grade' accelerometer1; and a two-channel spectrum analyzer with sub-Hertz capability (analyzer).
This article discusses how to push the limits of nano-scale imaging with piezo-driven active vibration control.
Ambient vibration limits the resolution for all types of microscopes. The vibration diminishes the localizability of features in noticeable ways - an increasing issue for the long acquisition times and reducing scale of current imaging applications.