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Study Reveals 'Flat Band' Behavior in 2D 'Bitriangular' Lattice of Germanium

Scientists have recently revealed, both theoretically and experimentally, that germanium atoms can arrange themselves into a 2D "bitriangular" lattice on zirconium diboride thin films grown on germanium single crystals to form a "flat band material" with an embedded "kagome" lattice.

7 Dec 2020

In-Air Photopolymerization Helps Produce Various Bio-Inspired Microparticles

Researchers can now produce microfibers, microlenses, and microspheres by irradiating a fluid jet with ultraviolet light. The outcome is the formation of a polymer, locally, with the preferred shape.

7 Dec 2020

New Method to Produce Indolizines Using Pyridinium Salts, Enaminones

Indolizines are a family of substances with both optical and biological properties. At RUDN University, a group of chemists has devised a new technique to produce indolizines using enaminones and pyridinium salts.

7 Dec 2020

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Joins Cross-Atlantic Quantum Collaboration as the Industry Lead

Global academic and industrial leaders from Canada and the United Kingdom are joining forces to create an advanced manufacturing toolkit for quantum sensing and quantum computing.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 4 Dec 2020

Chemists Discover a Second Level Of Fluorescence in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.

4 Dec 2020

$Researchers Develop New 3D-Printed Microlenses with Adjustable Refractive Indices$

Researchers Develop New 3D-Printed Microlenses with Adjustable Refractive Indices

Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to improve imaging, computing and communications by significantly increasing the data-routing capability of computer chips and other optical systems, the researchers said.

4 Dec 2020

New Energy Conversion System has Potential to Integrate Renewables with the Power Grid

Engineers at West Virginia University are creating a new energy conversion system that has the potential to bridge renewable energy sources into the existing United States energy infrastructure.

4 Dec 2020

Insights into Bacteria's Metabolism Could Lead to Efficient Production of Biofuels

A new study reveals how bacteria control the chemicals produced from consuming 'food.' The insight could lead to organisms that are more efficient at converting plants into biofuels.

4 Dec 2020

Graphene-Enhanced Heat Pipes can Efficiently Cool Power Electronics

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found that graphene-based heat pipes can help solve the problems of cooling electronics and power systems used in avionics, data centres, and other power electronics.

4 Dec 2020

Study Discovers Why a Perfect Crystal is not Good at Conducting Heat

Barium titanium sulfide (BaTiS3), a crystalline solid, is a poor conductor of heat. It has now been found that the occurrence of a wayward titanium atom simultaneously in two positions is responsible for this phenomenon.

4 Dec 2020

Efficiently Inspect Complex Piping Systems with the Olympus IPLEX™ GAir Long Videoscope

Enabling fast, easy and accurate long-distance inspections, the IPLEX™ GAir long videoscope solution combines maneuverability with high-quality, wide-view images to make complex pipe inspections fast and efficient.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 3 Dec 2020

Smart Evaporator Assists Medicinal Chemistry

From BioChromato Inc. 3 Dec 2020

Picosun Launches PicoOS™, a Unified Control Software for PICOSUN® ALD Modules and Clusters

Picosun Group, leading provider of AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for industrial manufacturing, presents PicoOS™, the new, full stack operating system and process control software for PICOSUN® ALD equipment.

From Picosun Oy 3 Dec 2020

A New Breakthrough in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene

In recent times, "electrochemical conversion (e-chemical)" technology-which converts carbon dioxide to high-value-added compounds using renewable electricity-has gained research attention as a carbon capture utilization (CCU) technology.

3 Dec 2020

Study Describes a New Type of Amorphous Solid Bodies

Many substances with different chemical and physical properties, from diamonds to graphite, are made up of carbon atoms. Amorphous forms of solid carbon do not have a fixed crystal structure and consist of structural units--nanosized graphene particles.

3 Dec 2020