Process Engineering

Process Engineering

Discover a New Type of Laser with Reduced Energy Needs

Its operation principle is completely different from conventional devices, which opens up the possibility of a significantly reduced energy input requirement….

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Microelectronics: Taking the heat off microfluidic chips

Microfluidic devices are allowing microelectronic engineers to shrink laboratories to the size of a computer chip. By ferrying reagents through a series of…

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New Method Boosts Hydrogen Fuel Production from Plants

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring…

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Laser Glass Soldering: Efficient Packaging for Large Components

Unlike other processes, the laser beam is able to apply energy to a limited space in order to melt the glass solder precisely, thus generating a bond with…

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Laser-Based Coating: Efficient Solutions for Temperature-Sensitive Substrates

Because conventional coating processes are increasingly coming up against their technological limits and are often too costly, the Fraunhofer Institute for…

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Blue I Water Technologies Expands Global Operations in Water Tech

Blue I Water Technologies, provider of advanced water analysis and control solutions, continues to expand operations in South America, China, India, Europe,…

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Boosting Cost-Efficiency in Microprocessing with Multi-Beam Lasers

By splitting the laser beam into several beamlets, the output of high-power ultra-short-pulse lasers can be fully utilized for microprocessing, which delivers…

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EMBL-EBI Researchers Unveil Scalable DNA Data Storage Method

In a nutshell: – EMBL-EBI researchers have tested a reliable and scalable method for using synthetic DNA to store data – DNA is a…

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Microwave-Assisted Method Advances Thin Film Production

Growth of new materials is the cornerstone of materials science – a highly inter-disciplinary field of science that touches every aspect of our lives from…

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Infrared Testing Equipment for Advanced Heating Processes

Vacuum processes also offer some advantages in the coating of glass or metals, for example in preventing unwanted oxidation processes.Many of these processes…

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Study provides recipe for 'supercharging' atoms with X-ray laser

The findings, which defy expectations and theory, could help scientists deliberately induce the high levels of damage needed to study extreme states of matter…

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Researchers Develop Virus-Sized Lasers for Room Temperature Use

A Northwestern University research team has found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room…

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Next-Generation Antireflection Coatings Boost Solar Cell Efficiency

Materials boasting a “tunable” refractive index have been developed within the past few years, and they show tremendous potential for photovoltaic…

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New Self-Healing Coating for Aluminum to Replace Harmful Chromate

A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno has developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate…

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Laser Technology for Edge-Rounding and Burr Removal in Glass

It can be used not only for polishing surfaces, but also for rounding edges and for removing burrs e.g. split lines on parts formed by injection or compression…

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Aluminum Nitride Coatings: Advancements in Thermal Spray Technology

For such applications fabrication of thick AlN coating by thermal spray into the chosen material surface considered to be suitable solution. However, it is…

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