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New Method Could Lead to Faster Communication Systems and Better Energy-Saving Electronics

Scientists from the University of Bristol have found a new technique that will lead to better energy-saving electronics and faster communication systems.

22 Jun 2021

Free Webinar - See Inside Your Additive Manufacturing Materials and Components Using X-Ray Analysis

Together with RX solutions, Malvern Panalytical, a leader in analytical instruments and materials analysis solutions, announces their free webinar about the ways X-ray analysis can help you make the most of your additive manufacturing processes and materials.

From Malvern Panalytical 22 Jun 2021

Stratasys Introduces New Polyjet 3D Printing Solutions to Inject Superior Design Capabilities

Stratasys Ltd., a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, today announced two new PolyJet™ 3D printers, the Stratasys J35™ Pro and the Stratasys J55™ Prime, along with new software solutions for research and packaging prototyping.

From Stratasys Ltd. 22 Jun 2021

Starfire Systems® Announces Release of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Forming Precursor

Starfire Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the release of a new ultra-high temperature ceramic forming precursor.

21 Jun 2021

New High-Performance, Low-Cost Anode Material for Use in Sodium-Ion Secondary Batteries

Various automobile companies are preparing to shift from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles.

21 Jun 2021

Functional Diversity of Spider Hairs may Lead to Powerful, Reversible Adhesives

Spiders can walk on different types of surfaces, like walking straight up and even upside-down across, but how precisely they do this is not known.

21 Jun 2021

New Method Improves Dispensing of Viscoelastic Fluids

If you've ever tried to lift a pizza slice covered in hot, melted cheese, you've no doubt encountered the long, cheesy strings that bridge one pizza slice from the next. Keep lifting the pizza slice and these cheese bridges eventually break, covering the plate, table (or even your lap) in long, thin strands of cheese. While this is just a minor inconvenience with pizza, it is a longstanding problem in industry, where liquids with similar properties to melted cheese - dubbed viscoelastic fluids - need to be cleanly and speedily dispensed.

18 Jun 2021

Scientists Prevent Dendrite Formation in Lithium Metal Batteries

The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries is approaching a saturation point that cannot meet the demands of the future - for example in electric vehicles. Lithium metal batteries can provide double the energy per unit weight when compared to lithium-ion batteries.

18 Jun 2021

Study Uncovers Unique Defect Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials

As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7eV, benefiting the fabrication of the top absorber layer of tandem solar cells. Due to special quasi-one-dimensional structure, it shows advantages of less dangling bonds.

18 Jun 2021

Novel Manufacturing Technique Yields Flexible, Atomically Thin Transistors

Ultrathin, flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for years, but technical hurdles have prevented the degree of miniaturization necessary to achieve high performance. Now, researchers at Stanford University have invented a manufacturing technique that yields flexible, atomically thin transistors less than 100 nanometers in length - several times smaller than previously possible.

18 Jun 2021

Altering 2D Material's Symmetry can Create a New Optoelectronic Phenomenon

Optoelectronic materials that are capable of converting the energy of light into electricity, and electricity into light, have promising applications as light-emitting, energy-harvesting, and sensing technologies.

18 Jun 2021

Microstructure Engineering Plays Role in Optimizing Active Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries

Only 2% of vehicles are electrified to date, but that is projected to reach 30% in 2030. A key toward improving the commercialization of electric vehicles (EVs) is to heighten their gravimetric energy density - measured in watt hours per kilogram - using safer, easily recyclable materials that are abundant.

18 Jun 2021

Low-Cost Production of High-Performance Bulk Superconductors

Superconductors are something like a miracle in the modern world. Their unique property of zero resistance can revolutionize power transmission and transport (e.g., Maglev train). However, most of the conventional superconductors require cooling down to extremely low temperatures that can only be achieved with liquid helium, a rather expensive coolant.

18 Jun 2021

Breakthrough Could Help Improve the Production and Application of Foams

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and UCLA have answered longstanding questions about the underlying processes that determine the life cycle of liquid foams. The breakthrough could help improve the commercial production and application of foams in a broad range of industries.

18 Jun 2021

U of A Physicist Receives DOE Early Career Research Award to Topological Quantum Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Jin Hu, a physicist at the U of A, with a prestigious Early Career Research Program award to support his research on topological quantum materials, which have promising applications in information storage and quantum computing.

18 Jun 2021

Materials Science News

New Method Could Lead to Faster Communication Systems and Better Energy-Saving Electronics

Free Webinar - See Inside Your Additive Manufacturing Materials and Components Using X-Ray Analysis

Stratasys Introduces New Polyjet 3D Printing Solutions to Inject Superior Design Capabilities

Starfire Systems® Announces Release of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Forming Precursor

New High-Performance, Low-Cost Anode Material for Use in Sodium-Ion Secondary Batteries

Functional Diversity of Spider Hairs may Lead to Powerful, Reversible Adhesives

New Method Improves Dispensing of Viscoelastic Fluids

Scientists Prevent Dendrite Formation in Lithium Metal Batteries

Study Uncovers Unique Defect Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials

Novel Manufacturing Technique Yields Flexible, Atomically Thin Transistors

Altering 2D Material's Symmetry can Create a New Optoelectronic Phenomenon

Microstructure Engineering Plays Role in Optimizing Active Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries

Low-Cost Production of High-Performance Bulk Superconductors

Breakthrough Could Help Improve the Production and Application of Foams

U of A Physicist Receives DOE Early Career Research Award to Topological Quantum Materials

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