A quartet of researchers from Italy and Germany have published an fascinating overview of polymer-derived ceramics in the most recent edition of JACerS. Paolo Colombo, Gabriela Mera, Ralf Riedel and…
Read MoreShinobu Fujihara, professor of engineering at Keio University (Japan), oversees a lab that has been investigating ceramic-based optical energy materials science. For example, some of the work involves the use…
Read MoreAsahi Glass Co. says that in July it will be offering a new glass-ceramics substrate targeted at manufacturers of stronger, brighter LEDs (think residential, automotive and electronics, such as 3D…
Read MoreIn the advanced online edition of Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have developed a new method to produce graphene sheets leading to a diagonal dimension of 30 in. – larger than ever…
Read MoreToday’s videos are variations on the same theme – LED light bulbs that operate without an electrical connection. The video above features the N100 bulb from a new Hong Kong…
Read MoreA group of researchers representing several institutions report in Science they have gained new abilities to “print” graphene oxide-based nano-scale replacements for IC wiring and some semiconductor devices using a…
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: “An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries…
Read MoreACerS member Zhong-Lin Wang continues to make interesting progress on developing nanowire power generators and other energy-scavenging devices, and recently has demonstrated a nanogenerator that can be powered by the…
Read MoreCorning’s director of commercial technology, Paul Tompkins, was recently interviewed at the Future of Touch & Interactivity Conference, May 27 in Seattle, Wash. At the conference, Tompkins presented glass as…
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