Electronics

Video of the week: Z.L. Wang on piezoeletronics and piezophotoeletronics

By / February 15, 2011

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.jpg}] Georgia Tech’s Zhong-Lin Wang was a plenary speaker at the recent 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. There, I was able to catch up…

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A cheaper, lighter, more efficient antenna

By / February 7, 2011

Credit: Penn State Isn’t there a law or something that prohibits using metamaterials for something other than invisibility cloaks?* According to Douglas H. Werner, professor of electrical engineering at Penn…

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Tesla: We are close to ‘closed loop’ battery recycling with reusable alloys, slag

By / February 3, 2011

To make sure their car parts are disposed off in the most eco-friendly manner possible, Tesla has launched a new recycling strategy for its batteries, which are designed to last…

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They write letters . . . on the U.S.’s rare-earth defense strategy

By / February 2, 2011

(h/t to RareMetalBlog) Two U.S. senators from Alaska and a U.S. representative from Colorado are steamed about what they perceive is the Department of Defense’s lax attitude toward the strategic…

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Argonne extends cathode technology to Envia

By / January 28, 2011

Argonne National Lab has licensed its cathode technology to Envia Systems. (Credit: Argonne.) Earlier this month we reported that Argonne National Lab had reached a licensing agreement with GM Ventures…

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Arkema, INES collaborate to develop PV research lab

By / January 28, 2011

Arkema and the French National Institute for Solar Energy (INES) are teaming up to create a private/public mixed research lab focused on the development of PV module technology. Arkema develops…

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ARPA-E announce summit program, keynote speakers

By / January 18, 2011

Speaking of energy innovators, ARPA-E today released more details about its Energy Innovation Summit scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Besides those names that were a given…

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Spinning yarn out of nano powder-infused nanotubes for superconducting applications

By / January 10, 2011

Credit: Science/AAAS/UTD NanoTech Institute Recently I wrote about Israeli-based TorTech, which says it will soon be manufacturing carbon nanotube fiber yarns that it claims to be stronger than Kevlar, yet…

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New ceramic coatings to improve durability of turbine engines

By / January 8, 2011

In the recent print edition of Watts News, Ohio State University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering newsletter, an article describes new developments that may extend the life of gas…

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Carbon nanotubes and graphene: Patience please!

By / January 6, 2011

One of the editors at Nature has written a good (free) article that provides some of important perspective about the movement of nano-carbon products (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and, more recently,…

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