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Microscale Superlubricity Could Lead to Better Electromechanical Devices

Lubricity is the reduction in mechanical friction & wear by a lubricant; leading reasons for component failure in electromechanical systems.

3 Aug 2018

A Closer Look at Lithium Battery’s Black Box to Improve Safety

Lithium metal negative electrodes have ten times more theoretical specific capacity than the graphite electrode employed in Li-ion batteries.

31 Jul 2018

Metrohm Acquires B&W Tek

Metrohm AG from Herisau, Switzerland and B&W Tek from Newark in Delaware, USA are pleased to announce the acquisition of B&W Tek’s Spectroscopy Solution Business, B&W Tek LLC, as well as several oversea...

From Metrohm USA Inc. 30 Jul 2018

Scientists Improve Performance Quality of Perovskites

Most common solar cells are fragile, thick, & stiff, which restricts their application to flat surfaces & increases the manufacturing costs.

27 Jul 2018

Using Niobium Tungsten Oxides to Make Faster Charging and Safe Batteries

Scientists have identified a class of materials that could prospectively be used for developing even higher power batteries.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers Discover Properties of New Two-Dimensional Material

Thanks to a team of Danish and Italian researchers, a new two-dimensional (2D) material has become a reality.

27 Jul 2018

Hydrogen and Plastic Production Using New Catalyst with Dual Function

Chemists have created a catalyst for plastic manufacture. It converts a biorefinery product into a material for the synthesis of plastics.

27 Jul 2018

$Free demo at your desk: Aeris benchtop X-ray diffractometer$

Free demo at your desk: Aeris benchtop X-ray diffractometer

Malvern Panalytical, a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions, announces their free webinar on the Aeris benchtop X-ray diffractometer, presented by Olga Narygina Ph.D., Product manager XRD at Malvern Panalytical.

From Malvern Panalytical 19 Jul 2018

Novel Methodology for Measuring Wetting of Surfaces

An understanding of the way surface materials interact with liquids is highly important for various things, such as from printing to the recovery of oil spills from water.

12 Jul 2018

$The New Empyrean - A Revolution in the World of X-ray Diffraction$

The New Empyrean - A Revolution in the World of X-ray Diffraction

This year’s European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC16) is the stage for Malvern Panalytical’s new Empyrean platform – an instrument that redefines the concept of multipurpose X-ray diffraction.

From Malvern Panalytical 2 Jul 2018

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