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New Method for Smashing Metal Nanoclusters to Form Super-Hard Metals

Metallurgists have all kinds of ways to make a chunk of metal harder. They can bend it, twist it, run it between two rollers or pound it with a hammer. These methods work by breaking up the metal's grain structure -- the microscopic crystalline domains that form a bulk piece of metal. Smaller grains make for harder metals.

25 Jan 2021

New Dibenzophenazine-Based Liquid Crystals for Use in Optoelectronics, Solar Panels

New dibenzophenazine-based liquid crystals synthesized and studied by a professor from RUDN University together with his Indian collaborators could be utilized in solar panels and optoelectronics.

25 Jan 2021

Rapid and Reliable Oxygen / Nitrogen / Hydrogen Analysis in Solid Samples

With the new ELEMENTRAC ONH-p 2, ELTRA presents a powerful and robust elemental analyzer for measuring oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen concentrations in inorganic samples such as steel, iron, copper, or ceramics.

From ELTRA GmbH 25 Jan 2021

Electric Fields can Play a Decisive Role in Diamond Formation

Diamond, like graphite, is a special form of carbon. Its cubic crystal structure and its strong chemical bonds give it its unique hardness. For thousands of years, it has also been sought after as both a tool and as a thing of beauty. Only in the 1950s did it become possible to produce diamonds artificially for the first time.

22 Jan 2021

New Mixed Oxide Holds Promise as a Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Skoltech researchers and their collaborators from France, the US, Switzerland, and Australia were able to create and describe a mixed oxide Na(Li1/3Mn2/3)O2 that holds promise as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, which can take one day complement or even replace lithium-ion batteries. The paper was published in the journal Nature Materials.

22 Jan 2021

Electron Transfer Discovery is a Step Toward Efficient Storage of Renewable Energy

The liquid electrolytes in flow batteries provide a bridge to help carry electrons into electrodes, and that changes how chemical engineers think about efficiency.

22 Jan 2021

New Approach to Boost Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Water splitting research for solar hydrogen production has focused on physical processes inside the semiconductor, such as light absorption, charge separation, and chemical processes on the surface that are highly complex and rely on the development of new materials. However, processes inside the solution had yet to be thoroughly explored.

22 Jan 2021

Harper International Project Selected by U.S. Department of Energy

Buffalo, NY – Harper International, world leader in custom thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, is pleased to announce that its project in support of PUREgraphite, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Novon...

From Harper International 22 Jan 2021

Lead Halide Perovskite may Lead to More Efficient Solar Cells

Among the group of materials called perovskites, one of the most fascinating is a material that is capable of changing solar light to electricity as efficiently as present-day silicon solar cells available in the market.

22 Jan 2021

Element Takes Significant Step in Digitalization Journey with Remote Witnessing Capabilities

Element Materials Technology (Element) has accelerated the rollout of a renewed digital remote witnessing offering to improve the customer experience as part of the large-scale digital transformation of the business.

From Element Materials Technology 22 Jan 2021

The January Edition of Rigaku's Crystallography Times Newsletter is Online

From Rigaku Corporation 22 Jan 2021

Baltimore Aircoil Company Introduces the Vertex™ Evaporative Condenser – Peak Reliability Meets Easy Maintenance

Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) is proud to introduce the Vertex™ Evaporative Condenser, where peak reliability meets easy maintenance. The Vertex Condenser offers maximum uptime with easy and safe accessibility. It also has the lowest total cost of ownership with the lowest installation, maintenance, and operating costs.

From Baltimore Aircoil Company 21 Jan 2021

ThermHex & Panel Systems Celebrate 2000th Light Weight Roof for Camper Vans

ThermHex Waben, producer of honeycomb cores for economic sandwich panels and parts, and Panel Systems, a British supplier of insulated panels, are celebrating the introduction of lightweight polypropylene honeycomb core in the elevated roofs of 2,000 Ford, Volkswagen and other camper vans.

From ThermHex Waben GmbH 21 Jan 2021

Seika Machinery Launches Sawa Multi-Purpose Cleaning System

Seika Machinery, Inc., a leading provider of advanced machinery, materials and engineering services, introduces the SC-BP3 Multi-Purpose Bubbling Cleaning System. The system cleans tough and stubborn flux five times faster than immersion cleaning.

From Seika Machinery, Inc. 21 Jan 2021

Vanta™ iX In-Line XRF Analyzer Automates Material Analysis and Alloy ID

The new Vanta iX in-line X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer automates material analysis and alloy ID on the manufacturing line, delivering instant results for real-time process monitoring and 100% inspection.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 21 Jan 2021