Adventures in nanotech: growing a nano particle metallic snowflake

Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for creating new materials

13-Dec-2022 - Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes. Why’s that significant? Because coaxing individual atoms to cooperate in desired ways is leading to a revolution in engineering and technology via nanomaterials(And ...

Physicists collide ultracold atoms to observe key quantum principle

12-Jul-2016 - Physicists from New Zealand's University of Otago have used steerable 'optical tweezers' to split minute clouds of ultracold atoms and slowly smash them together to directly observe a key theoretical principle of quantum mechanics. The principle, known as Pauli Exclusion, places fundamental ...

Split and collide ultracold atom clouds

Researchers develop steerable 'optical tweezers' unit

02-Apr-2014 - Physicists at New Zealand's University of Otago have pushed the frontiers of quantum technology by developing a steerable 'optical tweezers' unit that uses intense laser beams to precisely split minute clouds of ultracold atoms and to smash them together. The Otago researchers' feat is set to ...

Scientists make Antarctic fish antifreeze protein in the lab

23-Jul-2013 - A team of scientists from New Zealand and the United States has chemically synthesised an antifreeze protein which helps inhibit ice crystal growth in Antarctic fish. Biological antifreezes are attractive for use in chilled foods because traditional antifreezes, such as ethylene glycol, are ...

World’s smallest reaction chamber

12-Dec-2012 - Scientists from New Zealand, Austria and the UK have created the world’s smallest reaction chamber, with a mixing volume that can be measured in femtolitres. Using this minuscule reaction chamber, lead researcher Peter Derrick, professor of chemical physics and physical chemistry and head of the ...

Brenntag completes acquisition of ISM/Salkat Group in Australia and New Zealand

19-Jul-2012 - Brenntag completed the acquisition of the entire business of the ISM/Salkat Group. This strategic acquisition significantly expands Brenntag’s market position in Australia and New Zealand and enlarges the existing specialty product portfolio in the region. ISM/Salkat Group is a leading ...

Brenntag acquires the ISM/Salkat Group in Australia and New Zealand

04-Jul-2012 - Brenntag signed a purchase agreement to acquire the entire business of the ISM/Salkat Group. ISM/Salkat Group is a leading distributor of specialty chemicals in Australia and New Zealand. “The acquisition of the ISM/Salkat Group represents a huge step to achieve our strategic position as a ...

Eurofins strengthens Asia Pacific footprint with the acquisition of New Zealand Laboratory Services

04-Jul-2012 - Eurofins Scientific announced that it has acquired New Zealand Laboratory Services (NZ Labs). NZ Labs generated revenues of over EUR 5m in 2011 and employs around 100 staff across 3 strategically-located laboratories spanning the whole of New Zealand. The domestic food testing market serves ...

On the Death of Polymers

Revisiting Termination Rate Coefficients in Radical Homopolymerization

24-Feb-2010 - Although radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of about half the world’s polymers, details of exactly what is going on in the reaction soup in complex industrial settings have been sketchy at best. As the materials enter our lives as, for example, drugs, coatings, fibers and solar ...

LOT-Oriel signs new distribution agreement

23-Aug-2005 - HTS-110 Ltd. from New Zealand and the LOT-Oriel Group Europe just signed a distribution agreement for all Europe plus Israel and Turkey. HTS-110 draws from 17 years of research led by Industrial Research Ltd. and is today one of the leading manufacturer of high temperature superconducting current ...