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The Newly Developed Plastic Waste Bricks Used for Construction

A Kenyan materials engineer sets a stunning example in the fight against plastic waste? by using it to build tough, durable and lasting bricks.

By Robert Lea 3 Feb 2021

Developing Highly-Deformable Ceramic Piezoelectric Materials for Tactile Devices

With the importance of non-contact environments growing due to COVID-19, tactile electronic devices using haptic technology are gaining traction as new mediums of communication.

3 Feb 2021

Research Reveals the Significance of Non-Metal Element in CuCo Spinel Structure Catalysts

Oxygen evolution reaction (OER), as a vital half-reaction in some clean energy storage and conversion technologies including rechargeable metal-air batteries, regenerative fuel cells and electrochemical water splitting, has been of crucial importance for exploring highly efficient sustainable energy to substitute exhaustible fossil fuels.

3 Feb 2021

Fine Tuning the Electronic Properties of Semiconducting 2D Alloys

Semiconducting 2D alloys could be key to overcoming the technical limitations of modern electronics. Although 2D Si-Ge alloys would have interesting properties for this purpose, they were only predicted theoretically. Now, scientists from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have realized the first experimental demonstration. They have also shown that the Si to Ge ratio can be adjusted to fine tune the electronic properties of the alloys, paving the way for novel applications.

3 Feb 2021

New Photocatalyst can Produce Methane Fuel from Carbon Dioxide Using Sunlight

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy, it would be killing two birds with one stone in addressing the environmental issues.

3 Feb 2021

Sustainability Benchmark Data for Plastics Upcycling and Recycling Technologies

Researchers developing renewable plastics and exploring new processes for plastics upcycling and recycling technologies will now be able to easily baseline their efforts to current manufacturing practices to understand if their efforts will save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

3 Feb 2021

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