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Novel Antibacterial, Photocatalytic Materials Help Remove Medicines from Wastewater

Researchers from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Laboratory (QTC) of the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI) have developed new antibacterial and photocatalytic materials to eliminate medicines from wastewater.

16 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop a Novel Recipe to Produce Radical-Based Coordination Polymers

Coordination polymers (CPs) composed of organic radicals have been the focus of much research attention in recent years due to their potential application to a wide variety of next-generation electronics, from more flexible devices to 'spintronics' storage of information.

16 Mar 2021

MIT Engineers Develop Self-Cooling Fabrics from Polyethylene

In considering materials that could become the fabrics of the future, scientists have largely dismissed one widely available option: polyethylene.

16 Mar 2021

Researchers Unravel How a Polymer Inhibits Ice Recrystallization

Cryoprotectants are used to protect biological material during frozen storage. They have to be removed when defrosting, and how much to use and how exactly they inhibit ice recrystallisation is poorly understood. The polymer poly(vinyl)alcohol (PVA) is arguably the most potent ice recrystallisation inhibitor and researchers from the University of Warwick have unravelled how exactly it works. This newly acquired knowledge base provides novel guidelines to design the next generation of cryoprotectants

16 Mar 2021

New Measurements Solve the Puzzle About Exotic Metallic Compounds

We all have a clear picture in mind when we think of metals: We think of solid, unbreakable objects that conduct electricity and exhibit a typical metallic sheen. The behaviour of classical metals, for example their electrical conductivity, can be explained with well-known, well-tested physical theories.

16 Mar 2021

World’s First Commercially Available Diamond Filled Underfill: SMT 158D8

YINCAE is excited to announce that we have developed SMT 158D8 a high thermal conductive underfill that is capillary and fast flowing, and an easy reworkable liquid epoxy.

From YINCAE Advanced Materials 16 Mar 2021

YINCAE’s New SMT 158N Series Withstanding -273 °C

YINCAE is excited to announce that we have developed SMT 158N series, including a non-flow, low temperature slow cure and high purity liquid epoxy underfill and capillary underfill encapsulant.

From YINCAE Advanced Materials 16 Mar 2021

Element Receives Sikorsky Approval for NDT

Element Materials Technology (Element) has received approval from Sikorsky to provide non-destructive testing (NDT) from its Newtown, Pennsylvania laboratory.

From Element Materials Technology 15 Mar 2021

Solution-Processed Perovskite may Lead to Faster, Cheaper Energy to Power Electronics

By applying laser spectroscopy in a photophysics experiment, scientists from Clemson University have made a new breakthrough that may lead to faster and more affordable energy to drive electronics.

15 Mar 2021

Incorporation of Perovskite Likely to be the Distinctive Feature of Next Generation Electronics

Quantum dots are manmade nanoparticles of semiconducting material comprising only a few thousand atoms. Because of the small number of atoms, a quantum dot's properties lie between those of single atoms or molecules and bulk material with a huge number of atoms.

15 Mar 2021

Rigaku Corporation Completes Spin-off of Its Vacuum Products Division

X-ray analytical instrument manufacturer Rigaku Corporation recently announced that its Rigaku Vacuum Products division has been sold and established as the independent company, Rotary Vacuum Products, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation headquartered in Salem.

From Rigaku Corporation 15 Mar 2021

Ersa Announces New Versaflow 3 Selective Soldering Maintenance Training Course

Kurtz Ersa Inc., a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, will hold an ERSA Versaflow 3 Selective Soldering Level II Maintenance Training Course from Monday, April 26, 2021 at 1 p.m. to Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 12 p.m. at its Plymouth office. The two-day class will provide the knowledge and hands-on experience required to maintain and troubleshoot the Versaflow 3 machines.

From Kurtz Ersa, Inc. 15 Mar 2021

Klaran™ High-Performance UVC LEDs for Disinfection Adopted in Daikin Air Purifier

Asahi Kasei announces that the UV Streamer Air Purifier scheduled to be launched in Japan by Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Daikin) on April 26, 2021, will be equipped with Klaran™ high-performance UVC LEDs for disinfection by Crystal IS, Inc. (CIS), an Asahi Kasei company.

From Asahi Kasei Corporation 15 Mar 2021

Targeted Modification of Polyamide Nanofiltration Membrane Improves Separation Efficiency

Recently, a research group led by Prof. WAN Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a novel targeted modification strategy to improve the separation selectivity of polyamide NF membranes.

12 Mar 2021

A New Method for the Synthesis of Chiral Tetraarylmethanes

A strong bias towards linear and disc-shaped molecules has long been observed in drug molecules. In contrast, spherical molecules have been utilized on far fewer occasions, due to the lack of efficient access to the latter chemical space. Specifically, efficient strategies to synthesize tetraarylmethanes, a unique family of spherical molecules, have remained scarce.

12 Mar 2021