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Valence Gradient can Serve as a New Approach for Stabilizing High-Nickel-Content Cathodes

A team of researchers led by chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has studied an elusive property in cathode materials, called a valence gradient, to understand its effect on battery performance.

4 Jun 2021

$Assignment of Enantiomorphs for Metals and Metallic Alloys by Diffraction Methods$

Assignment of Enantiomorphs for Metals and Metallic Alloys by Diffraction Methods

Left- or right-handedness is a symmetry property that many macroscopic objects also exhibit and which is of immense importance, particularly for the bioactivity of organic molecules.

4 Jun 2021

Scientists Unearth the Secret Behind Outstanding Toughness of Hexagonal Boron Nitride

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University and Rice University in the US, has uncovered the key to the outstanding toughness of hexagonal boron nitride.

4 Jun 2021

Economically Viable System Extracts High-Purity Lithium from Seawater

Lithium is a vital element in the batteries that power electric vehicles, but soaring lithium demand is expected to exhaust land-based reserves by 2080.

4 Jun 2021

Tufts Engineers Develop New Type of Glue Inspired by Stubbornly Adherent Crustaceans

If you have ever tried to chip a mussel off a seawall or a barnacle off the bottom of a boat, you will understand that we could learn a great deal from nature about how to make powerful adhesives.

4 Jun 2021

Skoltech Researchers Unveil Complex Defect Structure of Li-ion Cathode Material

Skoltech scientists have studied the hydroxyl defects in LiFePO4, a widely used cathode material in commercial lithium-ion batteries, contributing to the overall understanding of the chemistry of this material.

4 Jun 2021

Novel Approach to Synthesize Catalysts for the Conversion of Ethyl Alcohol

A new method to produce catalysts for ethyl alcohol conversion has been suggested by chemists from RUDN University.

3 Jun 2021

Purdue Chemists Study Shellfish to Develop Safer and More Sustainable Adhesives

Don't look now, but you're surrounded. Really. Within arm's reach - probably even touching you - are troublesome, sticky, potentially even toxic, substances.

3 Jun 2021

Research Unmasks Remarkable Toughness of Hexagonal Boron Nitride

It's official: Hexagonal boron nitride is the iron man of 2D materials, so resistant to cracking that it defies a century-old theoretical description engineers still use to measure toughness.

3 Jun 2021

Scientists Build the World's Smallest and Best Acoustic Amplifier

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have built the world's smallest and best acoustic amplifier. And they did it using a concept that was all but abandoned for almost 50 years.

3 Jun 2021

Experienced Engineer Will Drive Business Growth at Leading Motion Control Company

Systems Services Ltd, a subsidiary of ZwickRoell UK & Ireland, are pleased to announce that Jonathan Phillips has joined them in the role of Motion Control Applications Manager.

3 Jun 2021

Picosun’s PicoArmour™ Reduces Semiconductor Manufacturing Costs

Picosun Group has pending patent rights for an ALD enabled corrosion protection solution against plasma etch that will bring benefits in semiconductor fabrication processes in terms of throughput, film uniformity and conformality.

From Picosun Oy 3 Jun 2021

Verder Scientific Acquires Mager Scientific, US Distributor of Metallographic and Hardness Testing Equipment

Verder Scientific has formally agreed to acquire all shares of the US company Mager Scientific Inc.

From RETSCH GmbH 3 Jun 2021

New Interposer Design with an Embedded Capacitor Enables Reduction in Area Requirements

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology develop a 3D functional interposer--the interface between a chip and the package substrate--containing an embedded capacitor.

2 Jun 2021

Researchers Realize Exotic Quinary Charge States of Solitary Defects in 2D Intermetallic Semiconductor

Single atomic defect is the smallest structural unit of solid material. The construction of devices based on single defect can reach the limit of miniaturization of semiconductor devices.

2 Jun 2021

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Valence Gradient can Serve as a New Approach for Stabilizing High-Nickel-Content Cathodes

Assignment of Enantiomorphs for Metals and Metallic Alloys by Diffraction Methods

Scientists Unearth the Secret Behind Outstanding Toughness of Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Economically Viable System Extracts High-Purity Lithium from Seawater

Tufts Engineers Develop New Type of Glue Inspired by Stubbornly Adherent Crustaceans

Skoltech Researchers Unveil Complex Defect Structure of Li-ion Cathode Material

Novel Approach to Synthesize Catalysts for the Conversion of Ethyl Alcohol

Purdue Chemists Study Shellfish to Develop Safer and More Sustainable Adhesives

Research Unmasks Remarkable Toughness of Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Scientists Build the World's Smallest and Best Acoustic Amplifier

Experienced Engineer Will Drive Business Growth at Leading Motion Control Company

Picosun’s PicoArmour™ Reduces Semiconductor Manufacturing Costs

Verder Scientific Acquires Mager Scientific, US Distributor of Metallographic and Hardness Testing Equipment

New Interposer Design with an Embedded Capacitor Enables Reduction in Area Requirements

Researchers Realize Exotic Quinary Charge States of Solitary Defects in 2D Intermetallic Semiconductor

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