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New Polymer Shows Color-Changing and Self-Strengthening Abilities

At the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), researchers have created a new polymer whose properties vary significantly upon exposure to mechanical stress.

3 Feb 2021

Tiger Optics Introduces New Product Line for Real-Time, Ultra-Trace Detection of CO and CO2

Tiger Optics, a world leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced, laser-based analytical equipment, launched its new HALO Max QCL product line, a new generation of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) analyzers based on mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology. Tiger’s QCL-CRDS enables real-time, parts-per-trillion (ppt)-level detection of trace contaminants, including carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2), in ultra-high purity (UHP) gases typically used in semiconductor manufacturing.

From Tiger Optics, LLC 3 Feb 2021

TESCAN Announces a Fully Integrated Hardware and Software Solution for Adding Electron Beam Lithography Capability to TESCAN SEM and FIB-SEM Instruments

TESCAN Essence™ EBL Kit features a software module that controls the electron beam lithography (EBL) process from within the Essence™ microscope control software to enable efficient prototyping of micro- and nanoscale structures and devices.

From Tescan Group 3 Feb 2021

Greater Pharmaceutical Adoption of Raman Spectroscopy with New USP Chapters

The NanoRam family of handheld Raman instruments is used globally for incoming raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry.

From Metrohm AG 3 Feb 2021

LMI Technologies Adds 3D Mesh and 2D/3D Pattern Matching to Gocator 6.1 Software

LMI Technologies (LMI), a leading developer of 3D scanning and inspection solutions, is pleased to announce the official launch of Gocator® 6.1 software. This release includes the groundbreaking addition of high accuracy 6DoF alignment and 3D mesh data generation for advanced shape measurement on 360º surface scans (using multi-sensor systems); a new 2D contour-based part and feature locator with Surface Pattern Matching; a GoHMI SDK toolkit for developing Gocator®-to-factory operator interfaces; and a number of other smart 3D technology capabilities that drive improved automated quality inspection in the context of IIoT and industry 4.0.

From LMI Technologies Inc. 3 Feb 2021

WITec ParticleScout™ Enhanced with New Features

WITec GmbH, the pace-setting leader in Raman microscope technology, has enhanced its ParticleScout automated particle analysis tool to offer even greater speed and versatility for finding, classifying and identifying microparticles.

From WITec GmbH 3 Feb 2021

New Cyanoacrylate Adhesive for Maintenance and Repair

Adhesives supplier Intertronics announces Born2Bond™ Repair, a patented gap-filling two part “instant” adhesive and repair product, which offers excellent adhesion to a very broad range of materials and surfaces. The material combines the strength of an epoxy adhesive with the speed of an instant cyanoacrylate (CA). Born2Bond Repair has high bond strength, offers gap fill, cures hard and sandable, and is significantly faster than alternative products.

From INTERTRONICS 3 Feb 2021

Easy, Low-Cost Force Testing for the Plastic Industry

The digital Chatillon CS2 Series of force testers meets these requirements and is an ideal low-cost solution for force testing applications where advanced material testing functionality is not required.

From AMETEK STC 2 Feb 2021

Battery Production in Ambient air Using a Multi-Functional Separator

In the field of Chemistry, the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to researchers who designed lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

2 Feb 2021

Element Expands its Capabilities with Swedish Center of Excellence

Element Materials Technology (Element) is creating a new center of excellence in Linköping, Sweden, bringing three laboratories together into one site close to major clients in the aerospace, defense, and industrials sectors.

From Element Materials Technology 2 Feb 2021

Novel Rechargeable Battery Could Accelerate Shift to Greener Electric Transport

Scientists from China and the United Kindom have used salt as the main ingredient to design a new kind of rechargeable battery that could expedite the transformation to a greener electric transport on the roads.

2 Feb 2021

Scientists Discover Polymer Materials Capable of Autonomous Snapping and Jumping

Imagine a rubber band that was capable of snapping itself many times over, or a small robot that could jump up a set of stairs propelled by nothing more than its own energy. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make materials that snap and reset themselves, only relying upon energy flow from their environment.

2 Feb 2021

Optimized LIBS Method Enables Better Measurement of Hydrogen Isotopes

In a new study, investigators report an optimized approach to using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for analyzing hydrogen isotopes. Their new findings could enable improved rapid identification and measurement of hydrogen and other light isotopes that are important in nuclear reactor materials and other applications.

2 Feb 2021

Research Could Help Predict the Behavior of Fluids in Various Environments

The work of the research group under the guidance of Professor Leonid Martyushev (co-authors: Roman Bando and Evgenia Chervontseva) will help to predict the behavior of fluids in various environments.

2 Feb 2021

Innovative Material Designed to Accelerate Evaporation in Desalination Plants

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat. The material can accelerate the evaporation in desalination plants up to 2.5 times and can track hazardous molecules and compounds.

2 Feb 2021