Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

'White graphene' to the rescue

What researchers might call “white graphene” may be the perfect sidekick for the real thing as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics.But single-atom-thick…

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Empa grows 'sea urchin'-shaped structures

Processes which lend materials new characteristics are generally complicated and therefore often rather difficult to reproduce. So surprise turns to…

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Cheaper Oxide Substrates Transform Diode Manufacturing

“Rectifying diodes are the fundamental building blocks in electronics,” says Tuo-Hung Hou, describing the research. “Diodes made of oxide materials instead of…

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Latest 'green' packing material? Mushrooms

A new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country. The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom…

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Plasma Technology Enhances Solvent-Free Wood Protection

In order to raise the competitiveness of wood compared to other materials, it is necessary to develop a cost-efficient method of wood protection which is free…

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A trick of the light

All known natural materials have a positive refractive index so that light that crosses from one medium to another gets slightly bent in the direction of…

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Graphene organic photovoltaics, or, will joggers' t-shirts someday power their cell phones?

A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a new breed of…

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Rice University Scientists Transform Graphene Oxide Sustainability

“We can make you and we can break you.” If Rice University scientists wrote country songs, their ode to graphene oxide would start something like that. But…

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Princeton Scientists Discover Unique Electrons That Flow Freely

The Princeton work represents the first time such behavior of electrons has been tracked and recorded, and hints at the possibilities of speeding up integrated…

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NJIT-Inspired Process Transforms Cement Grinding Efficiency

Flyanic, along with its development partner, grinding-mill equipment manufacturer RSG Inc. (www.ultrafinegrind.com), recently applied the NJIT technology to…

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OSU Researchers Unveil Eco-Friendly Adhesive for Tapes and Labels

The new adhesive can be produced from a range of vegetable oils, and may find applications for duct tape, packaging tape, stick-on notes, labels, even postage…

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Transforming Light: Advances in Optics with Metamaterials

In this burgeoning field of science, light waves can be controlled at all lengths of scale through the unique structuring of metamaterials, composites…

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Hohenstein Innovates Functional Sportswear for Top Performance

German manufacturers of sports textiles are among the most innovative companies in the textile industry. Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim…

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Empa researchers «design» therapeutic coatings of silver

The scientists developed these new coatings, which kill bacteria while having no negative effect on human tissue, in the frame of an EU project.Silver ions are…

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Simulation-Based Matchmaking Enhances Shape Memory Alloys

A new shape memory alloy with up to now unprecedented functional stability was developed by researchers from the Institute for Materials at the…

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Researchers Develop New Method for Mass-Producing Graphene

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene. The…

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