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Haward, Chen, and Uneyama receive the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” Award from TA Instruments

TA Instruments is pleased to announce three recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” award

From TA Instruments 30 Mar 2017

New Method Allows Researchers to Fine-Tune Properties of Metallic Glass to Develop New Materials

Using Hokkaido University’s high-voltage electron microscope, an international team of researchers have solved a four-decade old puzzle regarding the atomic structure of metallic glasses.

30 Mar 2017

Block Polymers Prove to be Promising for Nanostructured Systems

Significant advances are being introduced by high-performance materials in a wide range of applications starting from digital information storage and energy generation to medical devices and disease screening.

30 Mar 2017

Helical Semiconductors Could Move Holograms in Future

A smartphone display producing moving, holographic 3D images must also be able to twist the light it emits.

30 Mar 2017

Legos and Origami Help Researchers Design Next-Generation Materials

Researchers from Tianjin University of Technology and Harvard University have borrowed the idea of assembling building-blocks from playing with Legos to make next-generation materials a real possibility.

30 Mar 2017

Alicat Scientific a Preferred Supplier for VICI Air Pollution Analyzer Calibrators

Alicat Scientific has been selected by analytical instrumentation manufacturer Valco Instruments Company Inc. (VICI) as one of its preferred suppliers for gas flow controls in its Dynacalibrator Calibration Gas Generators. Alicat’s range of BASIS OEM mass flow controllers provide the control required by VICI to create gas mixes down to fractions of a nanogram per minute, in a compact footprint for easy integration.

From Alicat Scientific, Inc. 29 Mar 2017

Spectro Scientific Wins Patent for Coolant and Diesel Exhaust Fluid Measurement Method Used in its CoolCheckTM 2 Analyzer

Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has been awarded U.S. patent 9,448,112 B2 for a method to measure two key vehicle fluids. The patent for “Multifunctional fluid meter and method for measuring coolant, bio-diesel, gas-ethanol and DEF” has also been granted in Australia.

From AMETEK Spectro Scientific 29 Mar 2017

Magritek launch the Spinsolve ULTRA Benchtop NMR System for Measuring Sub Milli-Molar Components of Neat Mixtures in under 10 Minutes.

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, announces the launch of the Spinsolve ULTRA Benchtop NMR system. The Spinsolve ULTRA has the field homogeneity of a superconducting NMR magnet (50% 0.2 Hz) in a compact and robust benchtop unit. When combined with solvent suppression it allows users to resolve compounds dissolved at sub-millimolar concentrations in protonated solvents, such as water.

From Magritek 29 Mar 2017

Hokkaido University Researchers Develop New Type of Sensor Material

Researchers at Hokkaido University have successfully developed a nickel complex that alters magnetism and color when exposed to methanol vapor. The promising new material can be used as a chemical sensor as well as with future rewritable memory devices.

29 Mar 2017

Indium Corporation Offers One-Source Solution for High-Purity Tin (Sn) Metal Applications

Indium Corporation delivers a single-source solution, from mine to packaging, for high-purity tin materials. The company offers tin in a number of physical forms and purity levels of up to 5N or 99.999%-pure.

From Indium Corporation 29 Mar 2017

Fonon Introduces CleanTech™ Titan, the Large Format Platform for Surface Cleaning and Preparation

Fonon Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of CleanTech™ Titan, the latest in their CleanTech product line. Marketed under the Laser Photonics™ brand, the industrial-grade CleanTech laser products are used for surface preparation, paint removal, and surface cleaning. CleanTech Titan is based on Laser Photonics’ large stationary flatbed platform with sizes up to a 6’ x 13’ flatbed.

From Fonon Corporation 29 Mar 2017

Researchers Build Artificial Materials by Arranging Atom by Atom

A team of researchers at Aalto University have created artificial materials with engineered electronic properties.

28 Mar 2017

Tracking Ultrafast Radiation Chemistry Following Interaction of Protons in Water

A promising form of radiation treatment is proton therapy, which can be employed to kill cancerous cells and effectively stop their fast reproduction.

28 Mar 2017

Cobolt Twist 457 nm 200 mW Now Up To 200 Mw CW Single Frequency

Cobolt AB, Swedish manufacturer of high performance lasers, announces the release of a higher power model of the Cobolt TwistTM 457 nm on the 05-01 Series platform. With up to 200 mW single-frequency CW output power, the Cobolt TwistTM is perfectly suited to demanding applications in holography, Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence. The wavelength and optical properties makes it ideal as a replacement of bulkier Ar+ lasers.

From HÜBNER Photonics 28 Mar 2017

Unexpected Twist in Confined Liquid Crystals may Pave Way for New Sensors

According to a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology a material, which was used for years to color food items ranging from ice creams to corn chips, could potentially have more uses in addition to being used as food dyes.

27 Mar 2017

Materials Science News

Haward, Chen, and Uneyama receive the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” Award from TA Instruments

New Method Allows Researchers to Fine-Tune Properties of Metallic Glass to Develop New Materials

Block Polymers Prove to be Promising for Nanostructured Systems

Helical Semiconductors Could Move Holograms in Future

Legos and Origami Help Researchers Design Next-Generation Materials

Alicat Scientific a Preferred Supplier for VICI Air Pollution Analyzer Calibrators

Spectro Scientific Wins Patent for Coolant and Diesel Exhaust Fluid Measurement Method Used in its CoolCheckTM 2 Analyzer

Magritek launch the Spinsolve ULTRA Benchtop NMR System for Measuring Sub Milli-Molar Components of Neat Mixtures in under 10 Minutes.

Hokkaido University Researchers Develop New Type of Sensor Material

Indium Corporation Offers One-Source Solution for High-Purity Tin (Sn) Metal Applications

Fonon Introduces CleanTech™ Titan, the Large Format Platform for Surface Cleaning and Preparation

Researchers Build Artificial Materials by Arranging Atom by Atom

Tracking Ultrafast Radiation Chemistry Following Interaction of Protons in Water

Cobolt Twist 457 nm 200 mW Now Up To 200 Mw CW Single Frequency

Unexpected Twist in Confined Liquid Crystals may Pave Way for New Sensors

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