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Generative Parametrics Launches UK Research and Innovation Partnership

Advanced design engineering company, Generative Parametrics, is celebrating its tenth anniversary by launching a new partnership with the University of Bath.

24 Jun 2019

BTU Sends Vacuum Reflow Oven to ACI Technologies’ Showroom

BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing market, is pleased to announce that the new Pyramax Vacuum Reflow Oven has been installed at ACI Technologies’ showroom and demo center.

From BTU International 24 Jun 2019

Specialty Coating Systems to Present Developments in Conformal Coatings for Tomorrow’s Advanced Technologies in Upcoming Webinar

Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) is pleased to announce that it will host a webinar entitled “Developments in Conformal Coatings for Tomorrow’s Advanced Technologies” on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2 p.m. EDT.

24 Jun 2019

Momentive’s Aerospace Silicones from Techsil Offer Low Outgassing and Thermal Protection Solutions

Momentive have just published 2 new product selection guides for their aerospace silicone adhesive sealants.

From Techsil Ltd 24 Jun 2019

New Inorganic Crystals Spiral Like a Nanoscale Card Deck

One can make a lovely spiral from a deck of cards by simply spinning the fingers. Similarly, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed new inorganic crystals composed of piles of atomically thin sheets that surprisingly spiral like a nanoscale card deck.

21 Jun 2019

Inter-Cluster and Intra-Cluster Dynamics of Thiolate-Protected Gold-Silver Alloys Revealed

Metal clusters are becoming profoundly useful in the health, energy, and environment sectors and are used in several products from fuel cells to effective medicines to molecular sensors. This unique functionality of clusters forms due to the variability in type and size.

21 Jun 2019

Perovskite Solar Cells are as Efficient as the Best Conventional Silicon Ones

Metal-halide perovskites were found to be photovoltaic materials only a decade back. At present, the fabricated perovskite solar cells are nearly as efficient as the best traditional silicon solar cells.

21 Jun 2019

Metrohm Autolab Partners with Arbin Instruments to Create an Integrated Solution for Battery Research

Metrohm Autolab and Arbin Instruments have combined their decades of experience to launch a new Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) solution that can easily be integrated into any battery testing program.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 21 Jun 2019

Element Invests Over $3m In Computed Radiography for Aerospace NDT Testing

Element Materials Technology (Element) has invested over $3m in Computed Radiography (CR) equipment and training to expand its aerospace NDT testing capabilities across the UK and the USA.

From Element Materials Technology 20 Jun 2019

New Electrolyte Helps Li-Ion Batteries to Work over Wide Temperature Range

Electric cars find it difficult to cope with extreme temperatures, chiefly due to effects on the electrolyte solutions in their lithium-ion batteries.

20 Jun 2019

New Stainless Steel Powder for Additive Manufacturing

Additive methods are increasingly being used by the metalworking industry since they enable fewer production faults, lower costs, and shorter production times, to name a few.

20 Jun 2019

Safety of Li-Ion Batteries Improved Using Shear-Thickening Electrolyte

As revolutionary as electric vehicles are, they are still susceptible to an Achilles heel — the very source that provides them power.

20 Jun 2019

Direct Method to Obtain Efficient, Practical Oxide Composite Materials

A research team from Nanchang University has tried to directly construct the surface structure of copper (Cu)-based substrate to obtain a sequence of Ce-O-Cu catalysts for NH3-SCR of NO. The study will soon be published in the upcoming issue in NANO.

20 Jun 2019

The Goodfellow Green Production Initiative …Fostering Sustainability, Fuelling Innovation

Products available through the Goodfellow Green Production initiative strike a favourable balance between product quality and reducing the product’s carbon footprint. They allow customers to focus on research and product design without compromising quality and, in fact, often serve as a creative catalyst for innovative applications.

From Goodfellow 20 Jun 2019