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TESCAN Launches Next Generation AutoSlicer Module for High Throughput TEM Sample Preparation

TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces its latest generation AutoSlicer™ module for unattended, semi-automated transmission electron microscope lamella preparation in semiconductor failure analysis and materials science.

From Tescan Group 22 Jul 2021

New Class of Molten Sodium Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed a new class of molten sodium batteries for grid-scale energy storage. The new battery design was shared in a paper published today in the scientific journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

22 Jul 2021

Rare Type of Superconductivity Observed in Magic-Angle Twisted Trilayer Graphene

( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) MIT physicists have observed signs of a rare type of superconductivity in a material called "magic-angle" twisted trilayer graphene. They report that the material exhibits superconductivity at surprisingly high magnetic fields of up to 10 Tesla, which is three times higher than what the material is predicted to endure if it were a conventional superconductor.

22 Jul 2021

New Framework Improves the Accuracy of Interatomic Potentials in Materials Design

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new framework using machine learning that improves the accuracy of interatomic potentials -- the guiding rules describing how atoms interact -- in new materials design.

22 Jul 2021

Printing Technologies for Scaling-Up Perovskite Solar Cells

To reach the target of carbon neutral, a transition from fossil energy to renewable energy generation is indispensable. Photovoltaic technology is considered as one of the most prominent sources of renewable energy.

22 Jul 2021

Chemists Develop a Thiol-Free Technique for Synthesis of Aryl Sulfides

Aryl sulfide, an aromatic compound in which sulfur is attached to an aryl (a functional group derived from an aromatic ring), is found in biologically active materials effective against asthma, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer.

22 Jul 2021

Researchers Create Novel Self-Healing Materials for Space Structures

Certain materials employed in aerospace applications like polymers can erode and degrade upon prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation, atomic oxygen, and extreme temperature cycling found in outer space.

22 Jul 2021

Plasma-Therm ‘RANKED 1st’ in VLSI 2021 Survey for Etch & Clean Equipment – Marking 10 Consecutive Years

Plasma-Therm is honored to have once again been named the top supplier of etch and clean equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, according to the results of the 2021 VLSIresearch Customer Satisfaction Survey of worldwide semiconductor industry customers.

From Plasma-Therm 22 Jul 2021

Xometry Launches Instant Quoting for Binder Jet 3D Printing Metals

Xometry, Inc., a leading AI-enabled marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, announced today the availability of instant quoting on metal binder jetting, a popular metal 3D printing process, in its Instant Quoting Engine.

From Xometry 22 Jul 2021

Scientists Propose New Approach to Create Catalysts for Hydro-Processes

The concept of creating new functional materials and catalysts for the needs of oil refining and petrochemistry, as well as hydrogen energy is proposed.

21 Jul 2021

New, Economical Method for Producing Biobased Acrylate Resins

Despite the best efforts of industry to work towards sustainability, most plastics (or polymers) are still made using non-renewable fossil fuels.

21 Jul 2021

Easy-To-Use Method for Uninterrupted Monitoring of Mechanochemical Reactions in Milling Devices

A team of chemists from the Croatian Ruder Boškovic Institute described a new, easy-to-use method for uninterrupted monitoring of mechanochemical reactions.

21 Jul 2021

Combining Thin Layers of Different Materials Significantly Increases Solar Energy Yield

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice.

21 Jul 2021

Researchers Make Mn4+-Activated Red Phosphors Without Rare Earth Materials

Hiromi Nakano, a professor from the Toyohashi University of Technology, utilized a material exhibiting a special periodical structure (smart material: Li-M-Ti-O [M = Nb or Ta]) as a host material for making new Mn4+-activated phosphors that displays red light emissions at a wavelength of 685 nm when excited at 493 nm.

21 Jul 2021