Dendrites are small, pin-like fibers that can short circuit rechargeable batteries and which in turn can promote fire hazards and restrict the capability of batteries to store up renewable energy or power smart phones. Now, a novel electrolyte developed for lithium batteries removes dendrites and at the same time makes batteries highly efficient by allowing them to carry a considerable amount of electric current. Batteries that use other dendrite-restricting solutions have failed to sustain current densities and high efficiencies. The study has been described in Nature Communications.
Scientists from Cornell University used the spin-orbit interaction effect to tune material properties. They have conducted a research on the ways in which different “knobs” can alter material properties, techniques which were formerly unknown or misunderstood.. Controlling material properties is the key to exploring or designing new materials.
Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and components, is pleased to announce the launch of their new website for the UK, USA, China, and Korea.
The ground-breaking sensitivity of Malvern Panalytical’ new OMNISEC gel permeation chromatography/size exclusion chromatography system generated significant excitement from scientists meeting at SCM-7, when the system made a well-received debut late in January.
Michelman to highlight its reinforced plastic composites expertise at the JEC Europe Composites Show to be conducted from March 10-12, 2015, in Paris, France.
Researchers at the Aalto University in Finland have developed an efficient and cost-effective substitute for platinum in energy storage applications.
Victrex plc, a UK-based global world leader in high performance polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymers is planning to increase its global technology leadership with the construction of a major Polymer Innovation Center in northern England. Financial assistance for the project has come in the form of $2 million in grant funding from the UK government’s Regional Growth Fund, subject to satisfactory due diligence, which recognizes the vital, rapidly accelerating importance of high performance polymers in the global marketplace.
Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, formerly known as Styron, will showcase its plastics for the LED Lighting industry at Strategies in Light at Booth 720 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV from February 24 – 26, 2015.
In November 2014, Frankfurt exhibition corporation and the EuroMold show announced that they will discontinue their longstanding cooperation. As a consequence, EOS, the global leader for high-end additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, after a thorough evaluation of the situation, finally decided to showcase its AM solution portfolio in Germany in 2015 at the 'formnext powered by TCT' show in Frankfurt, which will take place from 24th to 27th November.
Indium Corporation will introduce Indium10.5HF, a new halogen-free, Pb-free solder paste at the IPC APEX Expo Feb. 24-26 in San Diego, Calif.
A team of physicists from Rice University has simulated superconducting materials by substituting ultra-cold atoms in place of electrons, thus solving a challenge, which has intrigued scientists for almost thirty years.
By Stuart Milne
24 Feb 2015
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method that could transform the way of developing high-quality fiber-based electronic devices. For many years, researchers have known how to obtain thin fibers from materials.
By Stuart Milne
24 Feb 2015
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have successfully used a 3D printed guide to enable nerves injured in accidents to repair themselves.
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, has teamed up with Bruker’s Nano Surfaces Division to host a series of workshops on TERS (tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy) and co-localised AFM-Raman (atomic force microscopy - Raman spectroscopy).
The Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) has launched two new programs to support research into 'Valleytronics'.
By Alexander Chilton
24 Feb 2015