Tag: Advanced Materials
‘Folded’ optical devices manipulate light in a new way
The future of optics
The next generation of electronic devices, ranging from personal health monitors and augmented reality headsets to sensitive scientific instruments that would...
A solar cell that does double duty for renewable energy
Researchers develop an artificial photosynthesis system that generates hydrogen fuel and electricity at the same time
In the quest for abundant, renewable alternatives to fossil...
Graphene-based ink may lead to printable energy storage devices
Researchers have created an ink made of graphene nanosheets and demonstrated that the ink can be used to print 3-D structures. As the graphene-based...
Stratasys and Solvay Partner to Bring New FDM Materials to Market...
Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) today established an authorized materials partner program – designed to expand the range of high-performance polymers available to manufacturers leveraging Stratasys’...
New Tests Improve Auto Body Coatings
Know that sickening feeling when you exit the grocery store and find your car has been banged up by a runaway shopping cart? It...
miniFactory Ultra, PEEK and ULTEM 3D printing
miniFactory, a Finnish 3D printer manufacturer, has released the miniFactory Ultra 3D printer for high-temperature materials, such as PEEK and PEKK. Olli Pihlajamäki, Sales...
Researchers Develop Semi-Liquid Metal Anode for Next-Generation Batteries
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science and College of Engineering have developed a semiliquid lithium metal-based anode that represents a new...
MagLab scientists discover thermoelectric properties in new class of materials
Exploring an area overlooked by other scientists, physicists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered that a class of...
Pushing the extra cold frontiers of superconducting science
Measuring the properties of superconducting materials in magnetic fields at close to absolute zero temperatures is difficult, but necessary to understand their quantum properties.
How...
New polymer tackles PFAS pollution
The problem of cleaning up toxic polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) pollution—commonly used in non-stick and protective coatings, lubricants and aviation fire-fighting foams—has been solved...
