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New White Paper on Process Oxygen Gas Monitoring

Quantitech has prepared a comprehensive White Paper on the measurement of Oxygen gas in furnaces and other industrial processes.

From Gasmet Technologies Oy 24 Mar 2016

Quantitech’s Comprehensive White Paper on Measurement of Oxygen Gas in Industrial Processes

Quantitech has prepared a comprehensive White Paper on the measurement of Oxygen gas in furnaces and other industrial processes. Quantitech’s Craig Day says: “Oxygen gas concentration measurements are essential for the effective management of many industrial processes, providing an important indicator of combustion performance, fuel usage and process safety.

From Gasmet Technologies Oy 24 Mar 2016

Researchers Propose New Method to Improve Beam Quality of Benchtop Particle Accelerators

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a huge particle accelerator, which played a key role in the detection of the elusive particle, Higgs boson. The LHC, buried beneath the Swiss-French border, requires a track extending 27 km for particle acceleration close to the velocity of light before the collision of the particles.

23 Mar 2016

Fairchild Launches FDMS86181 100V Shielded Gate PowerTrench MOSFET

Fairchild, a leading global supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, today launched the flagship device of the company’s newest generation of 100V N-channel power MOSFETs, the FDMS86181 100V Shielded Gate PowerTrench® MOSFET.

23 Mar 2016

Physicists Find Significantly Large Elasto-Optic Effect in Thin Films of Ferroelectrics

A significantly large magnitude elasto-optic effect has been discovered in ferroelectrics, an unusual class of materials. The discovery of this large magnitude phenomenon has potential for a number of devices that could be used in optical systems.

23 Mar 2016

Aether Introduces Advanced and Affordable 3D Bioprinter, Aether 1

Aether have launched an advanced yet cost-effective 3D bioprinter called Aether 1, which integrates 12 of the world’s most sophisticated machines into one simple, user-friendly, and aesthetic desktop device. The Aether 1 bioprinter is designed to 3D print with as high as 10 materials, and can integrate different fabrication techniques in one print, all from a single 3D file. This will enable users to express their creativity in an entirely different way.

23 Mar 2016

Researchers Demonstrate New Method for Making Single Crystals

A team of physicists and materials scientists at Lehigh University have developed a new technique to create single crystals, where a broader range of materials can be employed in high-technology applications such as solar energy devices, microelectronics, etc.

23 Mar 2016

Researchers Identify Factors that Govern Final Morphology of Self-Assembling Chiral Filament Bundles

For the first time, polymer scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered the factors that control the final size and shape of chiral filament bundles that self-assemble into different architectures. The research team, which included Greg Grason, Isaac Bruss and Douglas Hall, along with Justin Barone from Virginia Tech, reported the experimental results that support their novel model. The study has been reported in the current issue of the Nature Materials journal.

23 Mar 2016

3D Printed Structures Help Grow Nerve Cells to Mimic Real Brain

An innovative method to 3D print brain structures has been developed by a group of US and Australian researchers. This capability will allow them to develop nerve cells to imitate a real brain.

23 Mar 2016

TA Instruments Announces Dr. Vivek Sharma and Dr. Travis Walker as the Latest Recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” Award

TA Instruments is pleased to announce the latest two recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” award: Dr. Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Travis Walker, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University.

From TA Instruments 22 Mar 2016

PAK to Buy into Leading Advanced Carbon Technology and Graphene Specialist

The directors of Pacific American Coal Limited (“PAK”) are pleased to announce that PAK has entered into a Heads of Agreement (“HoA”) to become the largest shareholder in Imagine Intelligent Mater...

22 Mar 2016

U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Missile Features Lockheed Martin-Built 3D-Printed Component

The Fleet Ballistic Missile program from the U.S. Navy have successfully conducted test flights of three Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles, featuring a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed missile component known as a connector backshell.

21 Mar 2016

VCU Research Paves Way for Longer Lasting, More Efficient, and Lighter-Weight Batteries

An innovative method for the stabilization of a multiply charged anion (negative ion) has been demonstrated by the researchers at New Virginia Commonwealth University. The study findings have the potential to help produce better magnesium and lithium ion batteries.

21 Mar 2016

$AXT Win Competitive Tender to Supply Two Rigaku SmartLab Diffractometers to Queensland University of Technology$

AXT Win Competitive Tender to Supply Two Rigaku SmartLab Diffractometers to Queensland University of Technology

AXT is proud to announce that they have won a very competitive tender to supply Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with two Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometers.

From Rigaku Corporation 21 Mar 2016

ORNL Discovery Could Potentially Replace Silicon for Semiconductors

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a new processing technique for two-dimensional (2D) electronic devices. This new technique has the potential to reduce the power consumption of the devices, and to increase their efficiency and mechanical flexibility.

21 Mar 2016

Materials Science News

New White Paper on Process Oxygen Gas Monitoring

Quantitech’s Comprehensive White Paper on Measurement of Oxygen Gas in Industrial Processes

Researchers Propose New Method to Improve Beam Quality of Benchtop Particle Accelerators

Fairchild Launches FDMS86181 100V Shielded Gate PowerTrench MOSFET

Physicists Find Significantly Large Elasto-Optic Effect in Thin Films of Ferroelectrics

Aether Introduces Advanced and Affordable 3D Bioprinter, Aether 1

Researchers Demonstrate New Method for Making Single Crystals

Researchers Identify Factors that Govern Final Morphology of Self-Assembling Chiral Filament Bundles

3D Printed Structures Help Grow Nerve Cells to Mimic Real Brain

TA Instruments Announces Dr. Vivek Sharma and Dr. Travis Walker as the Latest Recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” Award

PAK to Buy into Leading Advanced Carbon Technology and Graphene Specialist

U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Missile Features Lockheed Martin-Built 3D-Printed Component

VCU Research Paves Way for Longer Lasting, More Efficient, and Lighter-Weight Batteries

AXT Win Competitive Tender to Supply Two Rigaku SmartLab Diffractometers to Queensland University of Technology

ORNL Discovery Could Potentially Replace Silicon for Semiconductors

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