NTT Corporation (President and CEO: Akira Shimada, “NTT”) and the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (GSFS) have successfully produced the world's first communication signal using a battery and a circuit composed of environmentally friendly materials free of scarce elements and hazardous substances.
Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corporation, a leading high-performance thermoplastics parts manufacturer, will announce their latest product-development achievement at this month’s CAMX show: very lightweight, high-strength enclosures made from just eight plies of unidirectional carbon-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite (TPC) tape and only forty thousandths of an inch thick (.040”).
SHENMAO America, Inc. has successfully developed a no-clean high thermal impact reliability solder paste. PF918-PW216 solder paste adopts the newly designed high reliability lead-free alloy (Sn/4Ag/3Bi) that achieves tensile strength performance 1.4 times higher than typical SAC305 alloys.
Topological states are an integral part of materials research because they are exceedingly stable. It is now possible to toggle such states on and off for the first time.
A team of scientists from China have published a new paper in Nature Communications investigating the development of high-performance n-type sulfide PbSnS2 which has the potential to match the outstanding performance of p-type SNS.
By Reginald Davey
11 Oct 2022
Writing in Materials, a team of scientists from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia have investigated the surface and physiomechanical properties of 3D-printed Zirconia, a common ceramic material used in everyday applications.
By Reginald Davey
11 Oct 2022
The study outlined in this article contradicts current understandings of the formation of slippery materials and provides a new avenue of study for the field.
In a paper recently published in the journal Japan Architectural Review, researchers used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to evaluate a fume hood’s capture performance and the factors influencing the airflow rate of the exhaust, the heat source, and the experimental instruments and workers present.
By Chinmay Chari
11 Oct 2022
Empa researchers have established a new efficiency record of 22.2% for flexible CIGS solar cells on the polymer film, one year after declaring an efficiency record.
A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Nature Communications that reviewed the fabrication of microrobots using three-dimensional (3D) printing methods and their applications.
By Samudrapom Dam
11 Oct 2022
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, researchers discussed acrylic resin preparation and characterization using bioactive glasses.
By Surbhi Jain
11 Oct 2022
The world's first attempt to measure particulate matter (PM) emissions generated by not only engine combustion but wear-down of brake and tire is complete.
ELIX Polymers, a leading thermoplastics company, moves forward in its commitment to climate change.
Malvern Panalytical, a leading analytical instruments and services supplier, today launches an automation software for its X’Pert3 MRD XL X-ray diffractometer.
AMETEK Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil and fuel analysis instrumentation and software, has released a unique portable oil analysis laboratory that has delivered proven operational benefits for the US Military.