The NIMS Award 2014 goes to Professor Mitsuo Sawamoto at Kyoto University, who contributed to the establishment of a precision synthesis method of polymers, and Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski at Carnegie Mellon University, who developed atom transfer radical polymerization. A ceremony to present the award to the winners and their memorial lectures will be held at NIMS Conference 2014.
Having recently reached a milestone of over 100 operational in-process measuring units, manufacturer Xoptix Ltd is celebrating the difference that in-process monitoring technology is now making outside the laboratory and in everyday operations – differences that deliver material quality consistency, energy efficiency, reduced waste and higher profitability.
Wrinkles, creases and folds are everywhere in nature, from the surface of human skin to the buckled crust of the Earth. They can also be useful structures for engineers. Wrinkles in thin films, for example, can help make durable circuit boards for flexible electronics.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has re-launched the National Corrosion Service (NCS), which provides a Gateway to Expertise on many aspects of materials degradation. Due to its major impact on the economy, corrosion continues to figure prominently in the remit of this service.
This past January, Derek Ahneman, a graduate student in the lab of Abigail Doyle, a Princeton University associate professor of chemistry, began work on an ambitious new project: he proposed the merger of two areas of research to enable a powerful reaction that neither could broadly achieve on its own.
An international team of researchers from the United States, France and Russia has synthesized a previously unknown form of magnesium carbide
Chemists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a novel type of red phosphor material, which significantly enhances the performance of white-emitting LEDs.
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory welcomed one of the 32 multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers announced by DOE this week. The centers are charged with pursuing the scientific underpinnings of various aspects of energy production, storage and use.
A small, low-powered camera component made from a "smart glass" material has been created by a group of researchers in Germany with the hope of inspiring the next generation of smartphone cameras.
Entegris Inc., a Billerica-based materials and solutions provider to the microelectronics industries, today inaugurated its new i2M Center for Advanced Materials Science in Bedford, Massachusetts.
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