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New Collaboration to Advance Gas-Separation with Green Materials

A $1 million, 18-month collaboration between the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the RAPID Manufacturing Institute for Process Intensification launched in 2017 by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will develop technology to separate gas using renewable, high-performance furanic-based polymers that were originally developed for replacing PET-based soda bottles.

14 Oct 2020

Compact Solid-State Pulse Generators Could Produce Powerful Electrical Pulses

Powerful picosecond generators are in demand in various fields of experimental electrophysics to produce ultrashort electron beams and X-ray pulses in vacuum diodes and to form runaway electron flows in gases.

14 Oct 2020

New Methods for the Formation of Core-Sheath Polymer Fibers for Biomedical Applications

Wound dressing, tissue scaffolding, controlled and sustained drug delivery, and cardiac patching are all biomedical processes requiring a material that combines strength with functionality.

14 Oct 2020

A Novel Approach for Efficient Broadband Frequency Doubling of Light

From microscopes to data transfer via optical fibres all the way to modern quantum technologies, light plays an important role in science and industry.

14 Oct 2020

New Method Helps Convert Fabric into e-Textiles Without Affecting Original Properties

Computer scientists at Saarland University show how these special textiles can be produced in a comparatively easy way, thus opening up new use cases.

14 Oct 2020

New Insight Can Help Optimize Production Processes of Halide Perovskites

A good ten years ago, research teams discovered the class of semi-organic halide perovskites, which are now making a rapid career as new materials for solar cells.

14 Oct 2020

Penn Researchers Develop an Exotic Form of Exciton-Polariton

Our understanding of quantum physics has involved the creation of a wide range of "quasiparticles."

14 Oct 2020

Improving Molecular-Level Models for Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Field-effect transistors are key components of sensors, electrical circuits, or data storage devices. The transistors used to date have been mainly based on inorganic semiconductors such as silicon.

14 Oct 2020

Analytical Tools Help Characterize the Movements of Floating but Anchored Wave-Energy Devices

Ocean waves represent an abundant source of renewable energy. But to best use this natural resource, wave-energy converters need to be capable of physically handling ocean waves of different strengths without capsizing.

14 Oct 2020

Mossbauer Spectroscopy Used to Study the Properties of Iron-Containing Catalysts

Steam-assisted oil extraction methods for heavy deposits have long been the focus of attention at Kazan Federal University. In particular, much attention is paid to in-situ combustion catalysts.

14 Oct 2020

New Method to Build Cost-Effective Electronics that Recharge out of Thin Air

Electronics that use small amounts of power are crucial for the progress of the Internet of Things, where real-world objects are linked to the internet.

14 Oct 2020

Techsil & Panacol Offer a New Adhesive for Filament Winding Processes

The newly developed Vitralit® UD 1405 adhesive is an innovative adhesive system for fibre and filament winding. For high efficiency, Vitralit® UD 1405 can be applied during the winding process and immediately cured with high intensity LED curing systems.

14 Oct 2020

Indium Corporation Announces Low-Temp Solder Seminar at LEAP Expo

Indium Corporation’s Anson Yu, Technical Manager for Global Accounts in Asia, will present at the LEAP Expo, November 3-5 in Shenzhen, China.

From Indium Corporation 14 Oct 2020

J.A. Woollam Collaborates with Linkam Scientific to Bring Precise Temperature Control to its Ellipsometry Instruments

Worldwide leader in spectroscopic ellipsometry, J. A. Woollam, has worked closely with Linkam Scientific to bring precise temperature control to its custom ellipsometry instruments.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 14 Oct 2020

Forge Nano and Nouveau Monde Collaborate to Optimize Battery Technology at the Atomic Level

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc., Quebec, Canada, and Forge Nano Inc., based in Colorado, have signed a collaboration agreement for the use of Forge Nano’s proprietary Atomic Layer Deposition coating technologies (“ALD”). Forge Nano’s surface engineering platform technology will be used to apply atomic level coatings to Noveau Monde’s graphite material.

From Forge Nano 14 Oct 2020