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Formlabs Materials Scientist Explains the Science Behind 3D Printing Materials and Colors

If you’re interested in using a 3D printer as a production tool at work, and not just as a potentially frustrating but ultimately awesome hobby, you want the best, right? It’s important to remember that a great 3D printer is only as good as the parts it can produce, which in turn are only as good as the material and its properties.

17 Mar 2017

MIT Study on How Effects of Crystal Defects can Impact Heat and Electrical Transport in Microchips

New research provides a better understanding into how crystal dislocations, which are a common type of defect in materials, can influence heat and electrical transport via crystals, at a microscopic, quantum mechanical level.

16 Mar 2017

nanoGUNE Researchers Report Unknown Anomalies Near Dynamic Phase Transitions

In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions (DPTs).

16 Mar 2017

Physicists Adapt HREELS to Enhance Measurement of Phonon Dispersion

As the interest in renewable energy and energy-efficient devices continues to grow, so has the scientific community's interest in discovering and designing new materials with desirable physical properties that could be used in solar cells or energy storage devices.

15 Mar 2017

Researchers Successfully Switch Oxygen Molecules On and Off

Oxygen atoms are extremely reactive, yet the world is surrounded by this aggressive element and it does not spontaneously burn. How come? The reason is that normal O2 molecules, are not specifically reactive.

15 Mar 2017

Researchers Unearth "Structural Memory" in Bismuth Samples

A research team including Guoyin Shen and Yoshio Kono from Carnegie has performed a new study that involves using high temperature and pressure to uncover a type of “structural memory” in bismuth samples. This discovery has great electrical engineering potential.

14 Mar 2017

Researchers Create Self-Assembled, 3D DNA Crystals Capable of Binding Separate, Dye-Bearing Strand

Chemists at New York University have produced self-assembled, 3D DNA crystals that can bind a separate, dye-bearing strand - an innovation that improves the functionality of these miniature building blocks, offering promise for the formation of improved synthetic chemistry.

14 Mar 2017

New Single Molecule Switch with Unmatched Reproducibility

Theoretical physicists, Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G. Bahoosh, recently succeeded with a team of experimental physicists and chemists in exhibiting a reliable and reproducible single molecule switch. The core for this switch is an exclusively synthesized molecule possessing special attributes.

13 Mar 2017

A Technology for Obtaining New Metal Structures Using Selective Laser Melting Technique

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Delft University of Technology have developed a technology for acquiring new metal structures using a selective laser melting technique (additive technology of producing 3D objects from metal powders).

13 Mar 2017

Physicists Generate Fully Controllable Quasiparticles that Record Data at Room Temperature

Russian physicists and their European colleagues learned to generate excitons by changing the light parameters. The excitons are quasiparticles which are fully-controllable and helped to record information at room temperature.

10 Mar 2017

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

Formlabs Materials Scientist Explains the Science Behind 3D Printing Materials and Colors

MIT Study on How Effects of Crystal Defects can Impact Heat and Electrical Transport in Microchips

nanoGUNE Researchers Report Unknown Anomalies Near Dynamic Phase Transitions

Physicists Adapt HREELS to Enhance Measurement of Phonon Dispersion

Researchers Successfully Switch Oxygen Molecules On and Off

Researchers Unearth "Structural Memory" in Bismuth Samples

Researchers Create Self-Assembled, 3D DNA Crystals Capable of Binding Separate, Dye-Bearing Strand

New Single Molecule Switch with Unmatched Reproducibility

A Technology for Obtaining New Metal Structures Using Selective Laser Melting Technique

Physicists Generate Fully Controllable Quasiparticles that Record Data at Room Temperature

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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What are the Manufacturing Applications of Plasma?

Advancing Manufacturing: The Impact of Photonics Technology

How to Optimize Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling with Handheld XRF

The Versatility of Non-Contacting Seals in Aerospace

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

1New Material Removes Toxic Metals from Water

2Active Lamb Wave Energy Analysis of Debonding Defects in Polymer-Rubber Structures

3Revealing the Underlying Mechanism of Battery Self-Discharge

4AI-Powered Catalyst Design for Efficient Hydrogen Generation, Carbon Capture, and Energy Storage

5Novel Binder Improves Ion Diffusion in Sodium-Ion Batteries

6New Material Offers Protection Against Space Radiation

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