Tag: Composite Materials
loss processes in perovskite solar cells enables efficiency improvements
In perovskite solar cells, charge carriers are mainly lost through recombination occurring at interface defect sites. In contrast, recombination at defect sites within the...
New Material – Bonded 3D woven lattice
The objective of this paper is to unveil a novel damping mechanism exhibited by 3D woven lattice materials (3DW), with emphasis on response to...
Artificial material that has negative refraction and no reflection
A team of researchers with members from Wuhan University and the University of Texas has created an artificial material that offers both negative refraction...
Stanford University Creates Better Cardiac Catheter Devices with 3D Printing
Stanford medical student Kevin Cyr is part of a team of researchers using 3D printing to build custom cardiac surgical devices.
Second-year medical student Kevin...
Are Smaller, Cheaper 3D Printers Better for Design?
Desktop 3D printing solutions provider Ultimaker makes the case that immediate access and low cost are the keys to getting more iterations into designers’...
TSMC was hit with a virus that brought production to a...
Apple's sole supplier for SoC components and Qualcomm's major manufacturing partner has lost an entire day of production. Aside from the massive expense of...
Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry
Spectrometers — devices that distinguish different wavelengths of light and are used to determine the chemical composition of everything from laboratory materials to distant...
Titanium dioxide as a nanoscale sensor of mechanical stress
Scientists from EPFL, Germany, and France have revealed a new property of the cheap and abundant material anatase titanium dioxide, which promises applications as...
A semiconductor biochip to identify drug-resistant pathogens
Evolving strains of multi-drug resistant pathogens are a growing global concern, outpacing drug discovery efforts and undermining the efficacy of existing antibiotics. The development...
Thermwood 3D prints 12 foot aircraft tool for Boeing
Indiana’s Thermwood Corporation, the developer and provider of Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) technology, has conducted a joint demonstration program with global aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
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