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Spreadable Interlayer Could Increase Performance and Safety of Solid State Batteries

Solid state batteries are of great interest to the electric vehicle industry. Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Xi'an Jiaotong University, China now present a new way of taking this promising concept closer to large-scale application.

20 May 2020

Researchers Propose New, Accurate Descriptor for Ion-p Interactions

Understanding and predicting how molecules recognize each other are the key issues in the field of supramolecular chemistry and biology, etc., where the non-covalent bindings play an essential role.

20 May 2020

Novel Acoustofluidic Technology for Multiplexed Submicron Particle Trapping

Acoustofluidics is the fusion of acoustics and fluid mechanics which provides a contact-free, rapid and effective manipulation of fluids and suspended particles.

20 May 2020

Ecological Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant Compounds

Uniqsis reports that the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy) has invested in a FlowLab™ Scale continuous flow reactor to assist them in 'green' chemical synthesis of pharmaceutically-relevant compounds.

From Uniqsis Ltd 20 May 2020

FreeForm Packaging AB Launches High Barrier Solution

Today, FreeForm packaging is launching a new, paper based, high barrier solution. The high barrier has a thin layer that protects the packaging against oxygen transition and is environmentally friendly.

From FreeForm Packaging AB 20 May 2020

Element Signs Contract with Morf3D

Element Materials Technology (Element) has signed a multi-year contract with a leading aerospace additive design and manufacturing business, Morf3D Inc, to provide testing centered at Element’s Huntington Beach, California laboratory.

From Element Materials Technology 19 May 2020

Element Extends Partnership Agreements with Honeywell

Element Materials Technology (Element) has been awarded two partnership agreements with Honeywell Aerospace to provide High Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) testing and materials characterization.

From Element Materials Technology 19 May 2020

Swissbit Introduces Universal Security Solution for Raspberry Pi

Swissbit has launched a solution for the encryption and access protection of data on a Raspberry Pi to secure the boot image and the boot process. Swissbit Secure Boot Solution for Raspberry Pi consists of a PS-45u-DP-microSD card ‘Raspberry Edition’ and a software development kit.

From Swissbit AG 19 May 2020

Nano Dimension’s AME Technology Facilitates REHAU’s Development of a 3D Touch Sensor

Nano Dimension Ltd. a leading Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME)/PE (Printed Electronics) provider and REHAU, a worldwide-leading polymer manufacturer, announced today that they succeeded in printing a 3D touch sensor.

From Nano Dimension 19 May 2020

New Method to Improve the Durability of Flexible Thin-Film Electronics

The prospect of the widespread commercialization and application of flexible electronics has kept researchers worldwide searching for ingenious ways to enhance their performance and durability.

19 May 2020

Research Reveals New Route for Designing Graphene-Based Active Spintronic Component

KAIST physicists described a route to design the energy-efficient generation, manipulation and detection of spin currents using nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials.

19 May 2020

New Self-Repairing Rubber Made from Waste Materials

Imagine a self-repairing rubber, or super-adhesive made entirely from waste materials.

19 May 2020

A Catalyst Reduces Carbon Dioxide Directly to Formic Acid

Professor Yutaka Amao of the Osaka City University Artificial Photosynthesis Research Center and Ryohei Sato, a 1st year Ph.D. student of the Graduate School of Science majoring in Physics and Chemistry, reveal that the catalyst formate dehydrogenase reduces carbon dioxide directly to formic acid.

19 May 2020

New Technique to Study Atomic Arrangements of Liquid Silicates at Extreme Conditions

Far below the Earth's surface, about 1,800 miles deep, lies a roiling magmatic region sandwiched between the solid silicate-based mantle and molten iron-rich core: The core-mantle boundary.

19 May 2020

Graphene-Reinforced Carbon Fiber May Lead to Low-Cost, High-Strength Car Materials

A new way of creating carbon fibers -- which are typically expensive to make -- could one day lead to using these lightweight, high-strength materials to improve safety and reduce the cost of producing cars, according to a team of researchers.

19 May 2020