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AuNi Alloy on Au Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Towards a Cleaner Tomorrow

Gold (Au)-based electrocatalysts used for hydrogen production via water electrolysis exhibit high chemical stability but low hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity.

10 Aug 2023

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Researchers Develop Highly Efficient Organometal Halide Perovskite Photoelectrodes for Water Splitting

Organometal halide perovskites (OHPs) are promising as photoanodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen production. However, the loss of photogenerated charge carriers through recombination along with slow reaction speeds limit their efficiency.

10 Aug 2023

Indium Corporation to Supply High-Quality Gallium Acetylacetonate

Indium Corporation® is proud to be a global supplier of high-quality, high-purity gallium acetylacetonate, also known as Ga(acac)3. Ga(acac)3 is an organometallic coordination complex, with gallium at the center surrounded by three acetylacetonate ligands, which has several applications in materials science, organic chemistry, and catalysis due to its versatility and stability.

From Indium Corporation 10 Aug 2023

Novel Approach for the Analysis and Processing of Water-Insoluble Aromatic Polymers

Everyday life requires polymeric materials. Scientists have focused on polymers made of rigid aromatic frameworks since they exhibit distinctive electronic/optical characteristics, heat resistance, and mechanical benefits.

9 Aug 2023

Patent Awarded for Gas Phase Raman Instrument

IS-Instruments is proud and delighted to announce that members of our team have been awarded a patent for a Gas-phase Raman instrument for detecting gas species using a hollow core fibre. Image Cre...

From IS-Instruments, Ltd. 9 Aug 2023

Groundbreaking Project to Bring High-Value 3D Printing to UK Manufacturing

Advanced technology being developed by a global consortium of companies and academic institutions could revolutionise the use of industrial additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing – in the UK, bringing the advanced manufacturing of high-value components for key industries to the country for the first time.

9 Aug 2023

25 Years of Excellence in PTR-MS

IONICON was founded in July 1998 by a group of idealist scientists and peers, aiming to make a new technology available to the public which they considered a gamechanger for the future of analytics. They were convinced...

From IONICON Analytik 8 Aug 2023

Revolutionizing Recycling with New Polymer Research

A scientific discovery could change the way plastic is recycled, according to a team of researchers led by Brent Sumerlin, the George B. Butler Professor in the Department of Chemistry.

8 Aug 2023

Advantages of Customizable Thin-Wall Hybrid Composite Tubes for OEMS

When it comes to thin-wall tubes for applications requiring high stiffness and robustness, metals were traditionally the material of choice because of their high stiffness and relatively low price.

8 Aug 2023

An Illustration of Non-Collinear Antiferromagnets’ Unusual Dynamics

In a novel class of magnetic materials known as non-collinear antiferromagnets, researchers from Tohoku University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed a representative effect of the anomalous dynamics in action.

7 Aug 2023

Ferroelectric Materials Get Elastic Recovery Through “Slight Crosslinking”

A “slight crosslinking” technique that gives ferroelectric materials elastic recovery has been proposed by a research team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), under the direction of Prof. Runwei Li.

7 Aug 2023

New Bioplastic Could Help Reduce Plastic Waste

A promising, environmentally friendly replacement for plastics derived from petroleum has been made more biodegradable by researchers from Michigan State University’s renowned School of Packaging.

7 Aug 2023

55th Anniversary Brings Ownership Change

After 39 years, co-owner and director of Marketing, Human Resources, and Finance, Mary Stevenson, is (mostly) retiring. Effective July 1, 2023, her responsibilities will be limited to marketing.

From Deltech, Inc 6 Aug 2023

MIT Researchers Find Way to Tune Spin Density in Diamond

Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin - their other degree of freedom - is starting to be exploited.

4 Aug 2023

Study Sheds Light on Fundamental Properties of Topological Materials

Cornell researchers used magnetic imaging to obtain the first direct visualization of how electrons flow in a special type of insulator, and by doing so they discovered that the transport current moves through the interior of the material, rather than at the edges, as scientists had long assumed.

4 Aug 2023