Electronics

Giving an order to hybrid materials

By John Uhlrich / January 5, 2012

A unique method for processing ZnO nanowires and polythiophenes results in a hybrid structure with nanometer scale ordering and a high crystallinity, showing great promis for the future of hybrid…

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Previews from the Intl. Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

New papers that have been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology are posted to “Early View” on the Wiley website and can be read even…

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LED ceiling virtually recreates clouds drifting across the sky

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

A dynamic luminous LED ceiling gives office workers a feeling of working under an open sky. Credit: Fraunhofer IAO. If rainy days and Mondays get you down, a remedy is…

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Previews from the Journal of the American Ceramic Society

By Eileen De Guire / December 20, 2011

New papers that have been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society are posted to “Early View” on the Wiley website and can be read even…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / December 15, 2011

Here’s what we’re hearing (from press releases, news stories and blogs) Lancaster Products introduces the Model K-3.5 Hi-intensive industrial mixer Lancaster Products has added the new model K-3.5 Mixer to…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / December 8, 2011

Check ’em out: Microscopic, star-shaped flakes of functionalized graphene oxide plug holes in pores in a test of the material’s ability to serve as a filter cake in fluids used…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / December 1, 2011

Here’s what we’re hearing: SGS ClimaCoat : The innovative windshield combining comfort and respect for the environment (pdf) Saint-Gobain Sekurit has developed sgs ClimaCoat, an all-weather windshield. In winter, at…

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A call to action: Establishing performance metrics for supercapacitors

By Eileen De Guire / November 29, 2011

Ragone plots are useful for comparing electrochemical energy storage devices. The energy and power densities in this plot are weight-based. However, converting to a volume-based plot reveals the difficulties in…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / November 23, 2011

Check ’em out: Ultralight metallic microlattices A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world’s lightest material—with a density of…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / November 18, 2011

Here’s what we are hearing (some information from news releases): Superior safety for next gen high-temperature reactor: China receives first glass-to-metal sealed hermetic penetration assembly from Schott for testing China’s…

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