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TESCAN Announces their New Nanomanipulator for Lift-Out and Manipulation Applications Performed in TESCAN SEM and FIB-SEM Instruments

TESCAN Nanomanipulator is designed specifically for TESCAN SEM and FIB-SEM instruments to provide users with a reduced vibration solution that also provides the advantage of full compatibility with TESCAN microscope oper...

From Tescan Group 11 Feb 2021

Scientists Synthesize Tungsten Hexanitride with Armchairlike Hexazine N6 Ring

Tungsten hexanitride with armchairlike hexazine N6 ring has been synthesized by a group of scientists led by Dr. Jin Liu and his former postdoc Nilesh Salke at HPSTAR (Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research). WN6 is a promising high-energy-density and superhard material. Their findings are published in the recent issue of Physical Review Letters.

11 Feb 2021

New Approach Offers a Sustainable Solution for Industrial (Meth)Acrylate Ester Synthesis

Nagoya University scientists have developed a chemical reaction that produces high yields of a compound used in a wide variety of industries, without needing high temperatures or toxic catalysts. The approach was described in the journal ACS Catalysis and offers a practical and sustainable solution for industrial (meth)acrylate (= acrylate or methacrylate) ester synthesis.

11 Feb 2021

Researchers Obtain Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Sweet Flag

A team of researchers from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University obtained magnetic nanoparticles using sweet flag (Acorus calamus). Both the roots and the leaves of this plant have antioxidant, antimicrobial, and insecticide properties.

11 Feb 2021

New Liquid Crystals Mirror the Complex Structures of Some Solid Counterparts

A team at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed new kinds of liquid crystals that mirror the complex structures of some solid crystals--a major step forward in building flowing materials that can match the colorful diversity of forms seen in minerals and gems, from lazulite to topaz.

11 Feb 2021

Using Uniaxial Powder Testing to Optimize High Shear Wet Granulation

Uniaxial Unconfined Yield Strength (uUYS) can be used to assess and rank powder flowability for a wide range of powder handling processes in various industries, including Chemical, Food, Construction, and Pharmaceutical.

From Freeman Technology 11 Feb 2021

FreeForm Packaging AB Launches a One-Sided Laminate based on 85% Paper

Today, FreeForm Packaging is launching a new, stretchable, paper laminate based on 85% paper. The new laminate is considered to be “one-sided”, which has been highly requested by many brand owners and retailers.

From FreeForm Packaging AB 11 Feb 2021

NovaCentrix to Show PulseForge Soldering Batch & In-Line Solutions During APEX Virtual EXPO

NovaCentrix, the industry’s leading provider of photonic curing tools, conductive inks and the new PulseForge® Soldering high-intensity pulsed-light solution, is pleased to announce its participation in the 2021 IPC APEX Virtual EXPO, scheduled to take place March 9-11, 2021 online at: www.ipcapexexpo.org. The NovaCentrix team will showcase PulseForge Soldering Batch and In-Line solutions.

From NovaCentrix 11 Feb 2021

Xometry Helps American Manufacturers Better Manage Cash Flow Through Launch of Xometry Pay Invoicing Platform

Xometry, the largest U.S. marketplace for custom manufacturing, today released Xometry Pay, its new suite of payment products that allows machine shops and custom manufacturers to quickly accept credit cards and offer payment terms for their customers, backed by Xometry.

From Xometry 10 Feb 2021

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Relocates to Advanced Manufacturing Facility

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, a leading provider of advanced wafer processing solutions for the semiconductor industry, has today announced plans to move to a state-of-the-art, manufacturing facility in Bristol, UK

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 10 Feb 2021

Chemists Focus on Factors that Promote the Synthesis of Small Molecules

The development of the so-called small molecules is a promising field of the pharmaceutical industry. Small molecules are organic compounds with a small molecular mass. They are often based on heterocycles--carbon rings that also include atoms of nitrogen and other elements.

10 Feb 2021

Impermeable and Porous Surfaces can Decelerate Spread of the COVID-19 Virus

As COVID-19 spreads via respiratory droplets, researchers have become increasingly interested in the drying of droplets on impermeable and porous surfaces. Surfaces that accelerate evaporation can decelerate the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

10 Feb 2021

Samara Polytech Scientists Develop Methods to Simplify Crystal Structures

Science always strives to replace complex natural objects and phenomena with simpler models. Scientists of Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS) of Samara Polytech have developed methods to simplify the crystal structure of a substance to obtain chemically important knowledge. The main approaches are described in the article published in the Structural Chemistry journal IF 2.081 (doi:10.1007/s11224-020-01724-4).

10 Feb 2021

Scientists Identify Promising Cryoprotectant that can Safely Freeze Biological Materials

Cryopreservation involves preserving biological materials, such as cells, tissues, and organs, at ultra-low temperatures so that they can be revived and used at a later date.

10 Feb 2021

Si Swarf Wrapped by Graphite Sheets Used to Fabricate Li-Ion Battery Electrodes

Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in various mobile electronics. Concerns of global warming and climate change have recently boosted the demand for LIBs in electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic output smoothing. Si has been studied as an active material with a high theoretical capacity of 3578 mAh/g, which is around ten times higher than that of graphite (372 mAh/g).

10 Feb 2021