North Carolina State University scientists have created functional oxide thin films, which can be efficiently utilized in electronics that opens a doorway to a series of new smart sensors and high-power devices. For the first time, scientists have developed negatively charged (n-type) and positively charged (p-type) conductors in a single oxide material.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
Orbite Aluminae has successfully concluded the pilot phase of Cap-Chat plant and has closed pilot operations for converting the plant to commercially produce high-purity alumina (HPA).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Mar 2012
Carl Zeiss has launched the AURIGA® Laser, a new advanced system combining the specific advantages of the AURIGA® CrossBeam (FIB-SEM) workstation with the capabilities of a pulsed micro-focus laser for fast ablation of material.
The HORIBA Scientific division of HORIBA Instruments Incorporated (HORIBA), global leader in fluorescence spectroscopy systems, has incorporated into its line of spectrofluorometers the SuperK EXTREME line of white-light lasers from NKT Photonics A/S (NKT), the pioneer of supercontinuum lasers.
Researchers from the Vanderbilt University and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have developed a new method to track the ultrafast phase changes that occur within solid materials like vanadium dioxide at intervals of below a trillionth of a second.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
Maguire Products, a supplier of gravimetric blenders and liquid color pumps, will showcase Maguire MGF gravimetric feeder with enhanced capabilities at NPE2012 exhibition.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
OMAX, a provider of precision-engineered, computer-controlled abrasive jet systems, will exhibit its 60120 JetMachining Center at AUSTECH 2012 event, which will be held in Sydney, Australia from May 8 to 11.
The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Packaging, a world-class research and development lab, has been officially inaugurated by Applied Materials and the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), at Science Park II in Singapore.
Rhein Chemie, a developer and distributor of additives and specialty chemicals, has launched Additin RC 5000, a new series of water-miscible additives, at Fuels and Lubes Conference in Macau, China.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
Almac’s Pharma Services business unit has announced the expansion of its commercial packaging operations and has invested $10 million in a modern commercial plant, whose area is 100,000 sq. ft., in Pennsylvania.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
BASF, a chemical company, has inked a joint agreement with FDK, provider of primary and rechargeable batteries, in order to develop nickel-metalhydride (NiMH) technologies for use in stationary power storage applications.
American Manganese has declared that Kemetco Research of British Columbia has been retained to conduct research during an advanced lithium manganese dioxide production.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
bio-on has selected Techint Engineering & Construction for building plants to produce Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) bioplastic.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
PPG Porter Paints has introduced a novel palette, Nashville Color Collection, which comprises 75 colours that represent the natural colour shades of Nashville.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012
A research team comprising Vivek Prabhu and Vytas Reipa from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new technique by combining two distinct experimental techniques namely electrochemical and neutron scattering measurements to study structural medications in nanoparticles when they undergo oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Mar 2012