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Surrey Experts Unveil Ground-Breaking Super-Capacitor Technology

Experts from the University of Surrey believe their dream of clean energy storage is a step closer after they unveiled their ground-breaking super-capacitor technology that is able to store and deliver electricity at high power rates, particularly for mobile applications.

15 May 2020

Making Wavelike Plasmons in Atomically Thin 2D Materials

Wavelike, collective oscillations of electrons known as "plasmons" are very important for determining the optical and electronic properties of metals.

15 May 2020

Theoretical Descriptor Paves Way for Advancements in Dye Chemistry

There is an ongoing demand in biological research to accelerate the development of fluorescent probes based on the photo-induced electron transfer (PET) mechanism.

15 May 2020

2D Sandwich Turns Out to be Useful for Detecting Biomolecules

A sandwich of molybdenum, sulfur and selenium turns out to be deliciously useful for detecting biomolecules.

15 May 2020

Researchers Offer New Solution for Searching Materials with Required Properties

Skoltech researchers have offered a solution to the problem of searching for materials with required properties among all possible combinations of chemical elements.

15 May 2020

An Update on COVID-19

We know that good communication can ‘bring people together’ even when we need to stay apart. We wanted to send you a short update to let you know what Malvern Panalytical is doing to help you and ensure that business continues as normally as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Malvern Panalytical 15 May 2020

Creaform Launches New Webinar Series

Creaform, a worldwide leader in 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, is launching a new webinar series for North America. From non-destructive testing to quality control, the series will showcase Creaform’s technology solutions for a variety of industries and serve as an open forum to engage with Creaform’s experts.

From Creaform Inc. 15 May 2020

New Pilot System for Smart Adsorption of Nitrogen Oxide from Exhaust Gases and Breathing Air now with 15 Times Greater Capacity

A specially developed filtration system that adsorbs harmful nitrogen oxide from ambient air has successfully come through initial tests, and its capacity will now be enlarged.

From Krajete GmbH 14 May 2020

The New Mixer Mill MM 500 VARIO – Processing 2 TO 50 Samples in One Batch

With the new Mixer Mill MM 500 vario RETSCH has developed a versatile bench-top unit which provides ultimate performance with maximum flexibility for your sample preparation process.

From RETSCH GmbH 14 May 2020

Coordination Polymer Glass Provides Added Strength and Flexibility to Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Scientists at Japan's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) are leading efforts to synthesize stronger and efficient materials for hydrogen fuel cell membranes.

14 May 2020

New Technology Developed to Overcome 3D Printing’s 'Weak Spot'

Allowing users to create objects from simple toys to custom prosthetic parts, plastics are a popular 3D printing material.

14 May 2020

Japanese Researchers Accomplish Catalytic Asymmetric Iodoesterification of Simple Alkenes

Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids.

14 May 2020

Crystals Show Different Flipping Patterns Based on Light Polarity

Insights into a flipping crystal could further research into the development of autonomous robots.

14 May 2020

Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) show great potential in the photoelectric fields due to high power conversion efficiency (PCE), simple processing technology, low fabrication cost, etc..

14 May 2020

Novel Freeze-Thaw Method for Fabricating Noble-Metal Aerogels

As a new class of porous materials, noble metal aerogels (NMAs) have drawn tremendous attention because of their combined features including self-supported architectures, high surface areas, and numerous optically and catalytically active sites, enabling their impressive performance in diverse fields.

14 May 2020