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AGC Asahi Glass Develops More Stable Amorphous C12A7 Electride Thin Film

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) has used a special sputtering target material to create a uniform amorphous thin film called C12A7 Electride. The company has begun industrialization and commercial fabrication of the new material.

26 May 2016

Breakthrough Method for Making Corrosion-Resistant Layered Boride Materials

One of the hardest and highly heat-resistant substances on Earth is boride. However, just like many materials, this also oxidizes when exposed to high temperatures.

26 May 2016

Study Corroborates Superexchange is Dominant Mechanism for Magnetic Exchange in MnO

For the past six decades, researchers have been striving to find out how manganese oxide (MnO) attains its long-range magnetic order of alternating up and down electron spins. Currently, a group of researchers has used their newly created mathematical approach to examine the short-range magnetic interactions that they hope would drive this long-range order.

26 May 2016

Researchers Discover How Mode-2 Waves Transport Materials

Oceans generally seem to look like a mass of water standing all alone like a separate entity. Despite this assumption, it should be noted that oceans spread all over the world are made up of layers with varied densities, referred to as stratifications, comprising complex fluid dynamics.

26 May 2016

Researchers Find New Ways to Dope Diamond Crystals for Use in Semiconductors

Diamonds are often referred to as “girl’s best friend”, and they also possess certain extraordinary properties which could make them viable as semiconductors.

26 May 2016

Longer Life for Flexible Electronics with Picosun ALD

Picosun's ALD systems revolutionize printed electronics, delivering high-quality encapsulation for flexible displays and wearable tech on large plastic sheets.

From Picosun Oy 26 May 2016

Researchers Develop New Metallic Material that Could Transform Steel Industry

A team of researchers from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf have created a novel metallic material, which possesses very high strength as well as ductility simultaneously.

25 May 2016

Study Findings Pave Way for Efficient, Economical Single-Step Hydrogen Peroxide Production

A complex process is required to synthesize dilute hydrogen peroxide at the large scale and this process seems to be economically unfeasible for most industrial applications except for a few industrial facilities.

25 May 2016

MIT Researchers Make Significant Inroads Toward Improving Perovskites’ Performance

Perovskites are a group of compounds that can be made into thin films with many potential optical and electronic properties. In the past few years, these compounds have been a subject of intense research.

25 May 2016

Flow/No Flow Sensor with Hazloc Approval

Detect even the tiniest trickle of flow in powders, granules, pellets, and solids. The Flow Detect 2000 prevents cross contamination by making sure flow has stopped completely before switching over to a new material.

From BinMaster 25 May 2016

Table-Top Instrument Could Help Analyze Advanced Electronic Devices

Scientists have developed a table-top gadget that can carry out measurements that were only previously possible with huge machines at a few major labs across the globe. The study, which also included a group from The University of Manchester, implies that research into the development of advanced electronic devices using 2D materials can currently be done at any research university.

25 May 2016

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Uses PTC ThingWorx® Technology to Provide Smart Service for Printers and Systems Across the Globe

PTC’s Internet of Things (IoT) Solution Helps Improve Customer Satisfaction by Enabling Remote Resolution of 70 Percent of Service Issues PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelb...

25 May 2016

Researchers Record Vaporization Process of Liquids Using SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time developed microscopic movies depicting the vaporization of liquids by an X-ray laser, which is considered to be the brightest in the world.

25 May 2016

Nature-Inspired Synthetic Proteins Could Pave Way for Self-Healing Polymers

A team of Penn State researchers claim that the ring teeth of a certain type of squid species could pave the way for self-healing polymers, meticulously built for stretchability and specific toughness. This polymer may have potential for use in the cosmetics, textiles, and medicine industries.

25 May 2016

Imec, Holst Centre and Barco Silex Collaborate on Data Security for Wearables and Internet of Things Networks

The world-leading nanoelectronics research center imec, Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) and micro-electronic design house Barco Silex, belonging to the Barco group, today announced that they will collaborate to implement data security into sensors for wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks.

From IMEC 25 May 2016

Materials Science News

AGC Asahi Glass Develops More Stable Amorphous C12A7 Electride Thin Film

Breakthrough Method for Making Corrosion-Resistant Layered Boride Materials

Study Corroborates Superexchange is Dominant Mechanism for Magnetic Exchange in MnO

Researchers Discover How Mode-2 Waves Transport Materials

Researchers Find New Ways to Dope Diamond Crystals for Use in Semiconductors

Longer Life for Flexible Electronics with Picosun ALD

Researchers Develop New Metallic Material that Could Transform Steel Industry

Study Findings Pave Way for Efficient, Economical Single-Step Hydrogen Peroxide Production

MIT Researchers Make Significant Inroads Toward Improving Perovskites’ Performance

Flow/No Flow Sensor with Hazloc Approval

Table-Top Instrument Could Help Analyze Advanced Electronic Devices

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Uses PTC ThingWorx® Technology to Provide Smart Service for Printers and Systems Across the Globe

Researchers Record Vaporization Process of Liquids Using SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source

Nature-Inspired Synthetic Proteins Could Pave Way for Self-Healing Polymers

Imec, Holst Centre and Barco Silex Collaborate on Data Security for Wearables and Internet of Things Networks

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