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New High-Speed EtherCAT Mass Flow Controllers from Brooks Instrument

Powerfully enhanced GF100 Series MFCs will help improve semiconductor process performance, productivity and yields Targeting current and emerging semiconductor manufacturing processes requiring ultra-fast and ultra-ac...

12 Jul 2016

Argonne National Laboratory, Strem Chemicals Partner to Create Advanced Battery Materials

Next-generation materials capable of enhancing energy storage are being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory in partnership with Strem Chemicals, Inc for the battery research community and industry.

11 Jul 2016

Mussel-Inspired Biologically Active Titanium Surface for Probable Use in Medical Field

Inspired by the mussel’s ability to very tightly attach itself to even metallic surfaces using unique proteins found in its byssal threads, a team of researchers from RIKEN have managed to attach a biologically active molecule to a titanium surface. This achievement is likely to open doors for implants that can be more biologically beneficial.

11 Jul 2016

Scientists Develop Ferro-Electric Material that Resembles Memory Function

The human brain does not function like a standard computer memory storing just ones and zeroes, but has a larger difference in memory states, and can analyze faster using less energy.

11 Jul 2016

Efficiency of Catalyst Enhanced for Clean Industries

A paper published in Science revealed that a team of researchers have designed a method to reduce the use of platinum in chemical reactions that are commonly used in the automotive, green chemicals and clean energy industries has been reduced.

11 Jul 2016

Nordson ASYMTEK Teams with Parker Chomerics for High-volume, Precision Conductive Coating Spray Application

Nordson ASYMTEK, a Nordson company, and Parker Chomerics, a Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), are partnering at SEMICON West in Parker Chomerics' booth #6557 to demonstrate precision, high-volume spray applications for EMI coating solutions.

From Nordson ASYMTEK 11 Jul 2016

Researchers Use Ultra-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Analyze Ancient Bitumen

Components of the oldest bitumen sample were detected in an ancient vase by Russian scientists, who also accurately determined the age of this sample. The Journal of Mass Spectrometry features an article where the researchers recommend a new and efficient method to carry out organic compound analysis and introduce customized software. These researchers are from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the Institute for the History of Material Culture, the Talrose Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBCP RAS).

8 Jul 2016

RS Components Augments Connection Portfolio with Rapid Termination Devices from HARTING

HARTING’s new Han® ES Press series of connectors provides rapid termination across a wide selection of industrial applications

From RS Components Ltd. 8 Jul 2016

14th European Short Course on Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy

The course held by PicoQuant and the Center of Fluorescence Spectroscopy offers an in-depth introduction with lectures and practical sessions

From PicoQuant 8 Jul 2016

Cortec® Forever Changes the Anticorrosion Coating Business - EcoShield® 386 Provides Salt Spray Resistance of Over 1,000 Hours in ASTM B117 Test

Never before has a water based coating passed 1,000 hours of salt spray testing. Never before was it thought possible to get so much protection at only 1 mil dry film thickness (DFT). Now, through the cutting edge Nano VpCI® coatings chemistry of Cortec® Laboratories, the first water based coating has been created to withstand a minimum 1,000 hours of intense salt spray at super thin coverage rates!

From Cortec Corporation 8 Jul 2016

Solar-Cell Efficiency Improved by Perovskite Crystals

Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rice University and Northwestern University have worked towards enhancing the application of perovskite crystals in the booming solar power industry. This initiative was carried out by modifying their crystal manufacturing technique and producing a new variety of two-dimensional layered perovskite with exceptional strength and increased power transformation capability unlike the material’s earlier conversion efficiency.

7 Jul 2016

Researchers Synthesis Complex Chiral Molecules with Potential Biological and Catalytic Activity

Chiral molecules are asymmetric in nature, like left and right hands, so superposing their mirror images is not possible. Molecules with matching chemical structure but different chirality can exhibit different activity. This makes chirality is a crucial factor in fields such as chemistry, biology, and pharmacology. Synthesis of molecules with specific chirality can be tricky, however it is a key goal of several chemists as they search for desired materials.

7 Jul 2016

New Catalyst for Indene Synthesis Developed by Scientists

A new catalyst that can simplify the process of synthesis of substituted 1H-indenes has been created by a group of scientists in Sustainable Chemistry, a predominant research area in the University of Amsterdam. The catalytic complex of the earth-abundant cobalt is inexpensive and can be developed in a simple way. This catalytic complex is capable of the sustainable concept of metalloradical catalysis. Information related to this research has been presented in the website of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

7 Jul 2016

ROFIN – New Manual Laser Welding Machines – Closed and Open

ROFIN celebrates the launch of its new manual laser welding systems Performance Unlimited and Performance Open. Effective June 2016, ROFIN offers its market-leading manual laser welding systems in three variants. The well-known Performance will now be complemented with another closed laser system and an open class IV workstation — a product range which offers comprehensive solutions for almost every manual laser welding task from small up to long and bulky pieces.

7 Jul 2016

Toyota First to Industry With Plasma-Coated Polycarbonate Rear Quarter Window

Toyota’s special edition 86 GRMN sports car is the first production vehicle to feature a rear quarter window in polycarbonate (PC) material with a plasma-coat solution designed to deliver the highest level of durability performance. The vehicle, exclusive to Japan, exhibited earlier this year at Tokyo Auto Salon 2016.

7 Jul 2016