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New Coating Allows Certain Liquids to Move Across Surfaces Without Fluid Loss

A newly designed coating that enables some liquids to move throughout surfaces without any loss of fluid can power new advancements in various fields, such as medical testing.

25 Oct 2021

Novel High-Entropy Alloy-Based Solar Selective Absorbing Coatings

High-entropy alloys are a newcomer in the alloy material world and surpass the conventional alloy design concept, thanks to more than five of their constituent elements. They also often have a simple solid solution structure because of their high configuration entropy.

25 Oct 2021

Multiferroic Materials to Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

The new-type thin-film solar cell technology is a revolutionary development that will pave the way toward introducing clean energy into modern homes and changing the way of life.

25 Oct 2021

Webinar: Cutting-Edge in Operando and Time Evolved Battery Research

Our partners, Sigray, will be hosting a webinar entitled “Cutting-edge in operando and time evolved Battery Research using Laboratory X-ray Analytical Techniques.”

25 Oct 2021

Research Examines Adsorptive Properties of Mask Materials in Trapping Virus

In a study that used inorganic, physical and analytical chemistry to mimic respiratory droplets that can carry viruses, researchers demonstrated a mechanism that enables multiple mask materials to be protective.

22 Oct 2021

Researchers Introduce a Novel Active Mechanism of Adsorption

A research team, led by Northwestern Universitychemists, has made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena

22 Oct 2021

Study Unveils Mechanism for Counting the Number of Entanglements in Glassy Polymers

New research, recently published in Science Advances, unveils a process for counting the number of strength-enabling entanglements in glassy polymers-;which are used widely in an enormous range of applications, from the ...

22 Oct 2021

Novel Transistor Chip to Provide Insights on Cellular Activity at an Unprecedented Level

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is one step closer to developing a new kind of transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current through the device.

22 Oct 2021

Experts Put Forth Novel Ideas for Tribocatalysis

With an increasing global energy demands and environmental pollution, the development of alternative clean energy technologies has aroused widespread research interest.

22 Oct 2021

Researchers Create Bimetallic Catalysts for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Phenol

Electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass-derived platform molecules is a burgeoning route for the sustainable utilization of hydrogen.

22 Oct 2021

New Sulfur-Anchoring Technique Could Lead to Economical Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Thanks to their high efficiency and environment-friendly features in the process of electricity generation, fuel cells are becoming increasingly popular for the manufacture of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), such as buses, forklifts, automobiles, and airplanes. However, the expensive nature of manufacturing fuel cell catalysts impedes the mass-production and extensive application of FCVs.

22 Oct 2021

Catch up on demand with ‘Measurement and Quantification of Caking in Powders’

Dr. Rajeev Dattani discusses dynamic testing methods for evaluating powder caking, offering insights into optimizing storage and handling protocols.

From Freeman Technology 21 Oct 2021

RNA-Inspired Biodegradable Polymer Could Cut Marine Pollution

RNA is a nucleic acid that converts DNA instructions into cellular functions, and it can be easily broken down by water through transesterification. Transesterification is an organic reaction that displaces alcohol from an ester through the action of another alcohol.

By William Alldred 21 Oct 2021