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Functional Diversity of Spider Hairs may Lead to Powerful, Reversible Adhesives

Spiders can walk on different types of surfaces, like walking straight up and even upside-down across, but how precisely they do this is not known.

21 Jun 2021

New Method Improves Dispensing of Viscoelastic Fluids

If you've ever tried to lift a pizza slice covered in hot, melted cheese, you've no doubt encountered the long, cheesy strings that bridge one pizza slice from the next. Keep lifting the pizza slice and these cheese bridges eventually break, covering the plate, table (or even your lap) in long, thin strands of cheese. While this is just a minor inconvenience with pizza, it is a longstanding problem in industry, where liquids with similar properties to melted cheese - dubbed viscoelastic fluids - need to be cleanly and speedily dispensed.

18 Jun 2021

Study Uncovers Unique Defect Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials

As a new member of photovoltaic family, antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has the satisfactory bandgap of 1.7eV, benefiting the fabrication of the top absorber layer of tandem solar cells. Due to special quasi-one-dimensional structure, it shows advantages of less dangling bonds.

18 Jun 2021

Low-Cost Production of High-Performance Bulk Superconductors

Superconductors are something like a miracle in the modern world. Their unique property of zero resistance can revolutionize power transmission and transport (e.g., Maglev train). However, most of the conventional superconductors require cooling down to extremely low temperatures that can only be achieved with liquid helium, a rather expensive coolant.

18 Jun 2021

Breakthrough Could Help Improve the Production and Application of Foams

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and UCLA have answered longstanding questions about the underlying processes that determine the life cycle of liquid foams. The breakthrough could help improve the commercial production and application of foams in a broad range of industries.

18 Jun 2021

U of A Physicist Receives DOE Early Career Research Award to Topological Quantum Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Jin Hu, a physicist at the U of A, with a prestigious Early Career Research Program award to support his research on topological quantum materials, which have promising applications in information storage and quantum computing.

18 Jun 2021

Researchers Significantly Improve the Performance and Efficiency of Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells

Recently, green hydrogen has attracted a great deal of attention since it is a source of clean energy and promotes carbon neutrality. It can be generated without using fossil fuels.

18 Jun 2021

Researchers Develop Spherical Colloidal Particles for Visualization of Rotational Dynamics

Colloids--mixtures of particles made from one substance, dispersed in another substance--crop up in numerous areas of everyday life, including cosmetics, food and dyes, and form important systems within our bodies.

17 Jun 2021

Researchers Develop Bio-Based Industrial Filter from Bath Sponge

Researchers have developed an alternative to synthetic filters using marine bath sponges.

17 Jun 2021

Inkjet Printing Could Offer a Simpler, More Effective Method of Manufacturing E-Textiles

In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers demonstrated they could print layers of electrically conductive ink on polyester fabric to make an e-textile that could be used in the design of future wearable devices.

16 Jun 2021

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Materials Research News

Functional Diversity of Spider Hairs may Lead to Powerful, Reversible Adhesives

New Method Improves Dispensing of Viscoelastic Fluids

Study Uncovers Unique Defect Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials

Low-Cost Production of High-Performance Bulk Superconductors

Breakthrough Could Help Improve the Production and Application of Foams

U of A Physicist Receives DOE Early Career Research Award to Topological Quantum Materials

Researchers Significantly Improve the Performance and Efficiency of Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells

Researchers Develop Spherical Colloidal Particles for Visualization of Rotational Dynamics

Researchers Develop Bio-Based Industrial Filter from Bath Sponge

Inkjet Printing Could Offer a Simpler, More Effective Method of Manufacturing E-Textiles

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

High-Resolution Industrial X-Ray CT Scanner

The TABER V-5 Stiffness Tester

The PinAAcle 900 Spectrometer Series: Cutting-Edge Precision for Atomic Absorption

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How to Determine Hexavalent Chromium

Reproducing Test Conditions for PVC Mixer Tests

New Imaging Method for Particle Monitoring in Electronics Manufacturing

What are the Manufacturing Applications of Plasma?

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Materials Research News

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

1Element Six Wins U.S. Department of Defense UWBGS Program

2AI-Powered Catalyst Design for Efficient Hydrogen Generation, Carbon Capture, and Energy Storage

3Introducing the Quantum Diamond Microscope from Quantum Catalyzer

4Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks Revolutionize Hydrogen Isotope Purification

5New Material Removes Toxic Metals from Water

6Novel Binder Improves Ion Diffusion in Sodium-Ion Batteries

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