TRUNNANO, a leading global company in advanced ceramic materials, today announced a major breakthrough in high-temperature ...

Addressing the problems of methanol fuel cells, a silicon electrode architecture developed by fuel-cell developer Neah Power Systems (Bothell, WA) improves on the polymer membrane used in traditional ...

Scientists have used pressure with a twisting shear to permanently deform silicon, an important material for electronics. The resulting changes in silicon's microstructure produce material phases that ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers are working to unlock the immense potential of terahertz waves for applications ranging from medical imaging to wireless communications. However, efficiently controlling ...

Silicon Microstructures, Inc (SMI), a member of the worldwide Elmos Semiconductor Group, signed a Letter of Interest (LoI) with scientist from the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and ...

For such a critical material, silicon oxide is not especially well understood. The semiconductor industry certainly understands how to grow high quality oxides with high breakdown voltages, but what ...

Materials made by man and those made by biological organisms often deal with similar synthesis challenges – occasionally converging on an analogous solution independently. One example is the giant ...

New nickel-PTFE nanocomposite mold integrates lubricating particles directly into the matrix, achieving over 1,500 defect-free molding cycles without coatings for microfluidic devices. (Nanowerk News) ...

Innovative aluminum brazing fillers with nickel and yttrium show promise for high-strength joints, balancing temperature and ...