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Researchers Create Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Very Low Driving Force

In the past it was assumed that for efficient functioning of organic solar cells, a large driving force was required, but that hinders the efficiency of organic solar cells.

7 Oct 2016

Bruker Introduces Enhanced Wine-Profiling Module 3.1 for its NMR FoodScreener™

Bruker today announced the release of the updated and enhanced version 3.1 Wine-Profiling module of the successful NMR FoodScreener platform.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 7 Oct 2016

Discover Oxford Instruments’ Latest Process Innovation: SiC via etch for RF Device Manufacture

SiC is becoming an increasingly important material, particularly in the arena of high performance GaN RF devices using SiC as a substrate. A smooth via etch through the SiC is essential to enable these devices, and Oxford Instruments has just announced the ideal solution for etching high quality SiC vias efficiently, its high performance PlasmaPro 100 Polaris etch system.

7 Oct 2016

PowerCell Signs Important Agreement with 3M to meet the Growing Market for Fuel Cell Stacks - to Secure Deliveries of MEA with High Quality and Performance

Leading fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has signed an important agreement with world-leading 3M to secure future supplies of MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly). The agreement with 3M secures PowerCell’s supplies for the increased demand of the fuel cell stacks PowerCell S1 and S2.

7 Oct 2016

Engineered Material Systems to Showcase Liquid and Dry Film Negative Tone Photoresists At Semicon Europa

Engineered Material Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of negative photoresist materials for MEMS and TSV passivation/sealing applications, will exhibit at Semicon Europa, scheduled to take place Oct. 25-27, 2016 i...

7 Oct 2016

Morgan Advanced Materials Brings its Acclaimed Range of Hydrocyclones to New Markets

Morgan Advanced Materials, a global specialist in the application of advanced material technologies for the industrial sector, is expanding its range of established hydrocyclone liners into new markets, as it continues to further develop this solution.

From Morgan Advanced Materials 7 Oct 2016

Strem Chemicals Surpasses Chemstewards® Requirements

Strem Chemicals Qualifies for SOCMA’s “Excellence” Ranking Newburyport, MA (October 6, 2016) – Strem Chemicals’ Newburyport, MA facility announced today that as a result of exceeding key p...

From Strem Chemicals 6 Oct 2016

Ateva® ExtruBond™ Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) to be Launched at 2016 Flex Pack Con

Celanese Corporation, an international technology and specialty materials company, will launch its Ateva® ExtruBond™ ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) at the 2016 Flex Pack Con October 9-12 in Memphis, Tenn.

6 Oct 2016

Researchers One Step Closer to Developing Smart Clothing that Can Capture and Release Solar Power

Batteries used in smart phones as well as other portable electronic devices normally dry out during inopportune times. Scientists have attempted to create fibers as an alternative to batteries and incorporate these fibers in clothing to power these portable devices.

6 Oct 2016

New Non-Toxic Solvent Paves Way for Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Cells

A team of researchers at Oxford University have created a solvent system with decreased toxicity that can be applied in the assembling of perovskite solar cells, solving one of the hurdles to the commercialization of a technology that has the potential to revolutionize the solar sector.

6 Oct 2016

New 3D Printed Smartphone Microscope Turns Microbiology into Game Time

A smartphone microscope that can be easily assembled, offers new techniques to interact with and also to learn about common microbes. This open-source device can be used either by teachers or for various other educational requirements.

6 Oct 2016

RPI Supplies Four Rotary Tables to World’s Leading CMM Manufacturers

RPI UK, the world’s leading specialist developer and manufacturer of precision positioning devices for high accuracy rotary and angular inspection systems, has successfully supplied four top of the range rotary tables to world-leading coordinate measuring machine manufacturer Nikon Metrology and another major CMM manufacturer.

6 Oct 2016

Highly Durable Thermoplastic Foams, Composites Help Build Lighter and Recyclable Blades

As the sizes of offshore wind turbines increase, operators are finding it challenging to transport, install, disassemble, and dispose the gigantic rotor blades of these turbines. In partnership with other industry experts, Fraunhofer researchers are working towards developing highly durable thermoplastic composites and foams that will help in building lighter and recyclable blades.

5 Oct 2016

Researchers Study Bacterial Nitrogenase to Improve Industrial Production of Ammonia

Nitrogen is vital for life, and in nature the chief source of nitrogen is in the form of gas found in earth’s atmosphere. This gas does not react easily with other elements. Certain types of specialized bacteria are capable of converting nitrogen molecules in the air into ammonia so that it can be used to create proteins, which are the building blocks, power plants and machines of cells.

5 Oct 2016

Fraunhofer Researchers to Launch New Antireflective Coating at K Trade Fair in Düsseldorf

It is possible to manufacture transparent plastic optical lenses in different shapes in a cost-effective manner, although there is a disadvantage as they reflect light just as much as glass. Fraunhofer researchers will be launching a new type of antireflective coating at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf.

5 Oct 2016

Materials Science News

Researchers Create Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Very Low Driving Force

Bruker Introduces Enhanced Wine-Profiling Module 3.1 for its NMR FoodScreener™

Discover Oxford Instruments’ Latest Process Innovation: SiC via etch for RF Device Manufacture

PowerCell Signs Important Agreement with 3M to meet the Growing Market for Fuel Cell Stacks - to Secure Deliveries of MEA with High Quality and Performance

Engineered Material Systems to Showcase Liquid and Dry Film Negative Tone Photoresists At Semicon Europa

Morgan Advanced Materials Brings its Acclaimed Range of Hydrocyclones to New Markets

Strem Chemicals Surpasses Chemstewards® Requirements

Ateva® ExtruBond™ Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) to be Launched at 2016 Flex Pack Con

Researchers One Step Closer to Developing Smart Clothing that Can Capture and Release Solar Power

New Non-Toxic Solvent Paves Way for Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Cells

New 3D Printed Smartphone Microscope Turns Microbiology into Game Time

RPI Supplies Four Rotary Tables to World’s Leading CMM Manufacturers

Highly Durable Thermoplastic Foams, Composites Help Build Lighter and Recyclable Blades

Researchers Study Bacterial Nitrogenase to Improve Industrial Production of Ammonia

Fraunhofer Researchers to Launch New Antireflective Coating at K Trade Fair in Düsseldorf

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