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Research Reports Analyze Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials to Human Health and Environment

According to two reports on nanotoxicology, most of the studies conducted in the past ten years mainly focused on the application of nanomaterials rather than their risk to human health and environment.

30 Nov 2011

Researchers Develop Advanced Microscope to Study Performance Properties of Materials

Raymond Browning of R. Browning Consultants has developed a first-of-its-kind X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic microscope at the Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.

30 Nov 2011

Researchers Fabricate Gas Sensor Using Macroscopic 3-D Graphene Foam Structure

A research team led by Hui-Ming Cheng, a Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, and Nikhil Koratkar, a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has used graphene foam as a gas sensor to detect harmful explosive chemicals, paving the way for the commercialization of next-generation of gas sensors based on nanostructures.

30 Nov 2011

Researchers Discover Homonuclear Molecules Having Permanent Electric Dipole Moment

A research team at the University of Stuttgart’s 5th Institute of Physics has for the first time experimentally demonstrated the presence of a permanent dipole moment in a molecule having two identical atoms, contradicting the classical opinion of homonuclear molecules having identical atoms that cannot exhibit dipole moments.

29 Nov 2011

Scientists Of University Of Cambridge Devise Flexible Collective Osmotic Shock (COS) Method

Scientists of the University of Cambridge have published a novel research, demonstrating a novel flexible collective osmotic shock (COS) method for creating nanoporous materials, in the journal “Nature Materials”. The nanoporous substances can be used in wide range of applications from water purification devices to chemical sensors.

From University of Cambridge 29 Nov 2011

BAC Publishes Report on Alkyd Resins Market Demand in European Union

BAC has prepared and published a report titled as “Alkyd Resins: European Union Market Outlook 2011 and Forecast till 2016” in The Market Publishers, which analyzes and reviews the Alkyd Resins market rate in the European Union.

29 Nov 2011

Government Fund to Study Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

Seven novel research projects will receive £3 million fund from the UK government to study materials that find use in next-generation energy technologies.

25 Nov 2011

Novel Electrode Material Paves Way for High-Power Rechargeable Battery Development

A research team at Stanford University has designed a novel electrode made of copper crystalline nanoparticles, paving the way to develop a durable, highly efficient, high-power rechargeable battery that is capable of storing huge amount of surplus power produced during sunny and windy days.

25 Nov 2011

Novel Piezoelectric Material Delivers More Movement with Stronger Force

Scientists belonging to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped a large team of university researchers to integrate a highly efficient, novel piezoelectric material with a silicon microelectromechanical system (MEMS). The advancement may lead to considerable progress in energy harvesting, imaging and sensing.

24 Nov 2011

Researcher Wins ESDA Award for High-Current and ESD Study on Graphene Devices

The Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA) has awarded the 2011 international research award to Kaustav Banerjee, who serves as the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Nanoelectronics Research Lab Director as well as professor of electrical and computer engineering.

24 Nov 2011

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Materials Research News

Research Reports Analyze Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials to Human Health and Environment

Researchers Develop Advanced Microscope to Study Performance Properties of Materials

Researchers Fabricate Gas Sensor Using Macroscopic 3-D Graphene Foam Structure

Researchers Discover Homonuclear Molecules Having Permanent Electric Dipole Moment

Scientists Of University Of Cambridge Devise Flexible Collective Osmotic Shock (COS) Method

BAC Publishes Report on Alkyd Resins Market Demand in European Union

Government Fund to Study Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

Novel Electrode Material Paves Way for High-Power Rechargeable Battery Development

Novel Piezoelectric Material Delivers More Movement with Stronger Force

Researcher Wins ESDA Award for High-Current and ESD Study on Graphene Devices

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Ultra Pure Water Management in Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Editorial Highlights

Material Trends in Space: What Rockets are Made of (and More)

How Long Until Hydrogen Fuel is a Reality?

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