In a recent study published in the journal Nano-Micro Letters, researchers from China developed a polymer-based hierarchically multifunctional polyimide composite film comprising of layers of 61.0 weight% graphene oxide/expanded graphite, 23.8 weight% ferric oxide/polyimide, and polyimide fibers to be used as a flexible, heat-dissipating, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film for electronic devices.
By Bismay Prakash Rout
16 Dec 2021
The Center for Advanced Materials Research at The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $917,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to continue developing and improving advanced materials for national defense, power electronics and security interests.
Flaws in diamonds -; atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element -; may offer a close-to-perfect interface for quantum computing, a proposed communications exchange that promises to be faster and more secure than current methods.
To meet the demands of modern society and reduce the environmental damage human activity causes, carbon-free hydrogen has received significant attention as an attractive, clean alternative energy and fuel source.
By Reginald Davey
16 Dec 2021
Entegris, Inc. and CMC Materials, Inc. today announced a definitive merger agreement under which Entegris will acquire CMC Materials in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $6.5 billion.
COMSOL, the leading provider of software solutions for multiphysics modeling has released version 6.0 of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software.
The effects of microplastics are being explored by many studies around the world with special attention on their environment and health impacts.
As world economies decarbonize, the urgent need for alternative energy generation and storage devices has become clear. Selecting materials with enhanced electrochemical properties for device components is central to their design
By Reginald Davey
15 Dec 2021
A group of researchers from Taiwan analyzed two biodegradable polymeric membranes made up of poly (glycerol sebacate) (PGS) and poly(1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane-co-polyol sebacate) (APS) and compared their pervaporation characteristics with widely used poly dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) membrane, which is used for organic solvent separation from water.
By Bismay Prakash Rout
15 Dec 2021
In a recent study published in the journal Metals, researchers from Germany analyzed a new patented low-cost steel that can resist corrosion at high temperatures and in a molten (solar) salt environment, when used for thermal energy storage (TES) and concentrated solar power (CSP) applications such as salt carrying pipes and containers.
By Bismay Prakash Rout
15 Dec 2021
As the world searches for practical ways to decarbonize our activities and mitigate associated climate change, approaches to alternative energy are hampered by the intermittent nature of energy sources, such as solar and wind.
The development of Cu-based catalysts is limited due to their poor thermal stability caused by the low Tammann temperature of Cu.
The use of thin film encapsulation solutions has become more common in organic electronic manufacturing.
Porous functional graded ceramics (porous FGCs) have enormous promise for overcoming the limited mechanical capabilities of uniformly highly permeable bioceramics utilized as bone transplants according to the latest stud...
By Ibtisam Abbasi
14 Dec 2021
A recent paper published in the journal Minerals reviews the presence of iron silicides in fulgurite samples to explain the connection between geological environments where these minerals are found.
By David J. Cross
14 Dec 2021