Nanoscale measurements 100x more precise, thanks to improved two-photon technique

08-May-2018 - Technique uses photons, fundamental components of light, to measure nanoscopic materials thinner than 100,000th the width of a human hair - with 30,000 fired per second and 500bn throughout Research will mean measurements 100x more precise than existing two-photon techniques - with the potential ...

Atomic blasting creates new devices to measure nanoparticles

18-Dec-2017 - Like sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials to form intricate three-dimensional patterns. The beams can create tiny features in the lateral dimensions--length and width, but to create the next generation of nanometer-scale devices, the energetic ions must ...

Soft magnetic material characterizations get a harder look

15-Nov-2017 - In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the metallic components. Choosing the right magnetic material is crucial for designing efficient machines, so researchers from the Institute of Electrical ...

Fleet and fast

Test for nanomanufacturing quality control

08-Mar-2016 - Manufacturers may soon have a speedy and nondestructive way to test a wide array of materials under real-world conditions, thanks to an advance that researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made in roll-to-roll measurements. Roll-to-roll measurements are ...

New test center for up to 100 customer trials per year

23-Sep-2013 - Following an intensive planning and construction phase, Coperion GmbH, recently opened the world’s largest compounding test center. It replaces the existing test center and serves to provide customers both the optimum system design for required throughput rate capacity of compounding lines – ...

Nominations for the European Inventor Award 2010

Saving precious water, gentler cancer treatments and "football" molecules made of carbon

10-Mar-2010 - Twelve candidates from nine countries are competing this year for the European Inventor Award 2010, a highly regarded innovation prize presented annually by the EPO together with the European Commission to honour outstanding inventions. The prize, which is purely symbolic and involves no material ...

Bac2 announces blendable latent acid catalysts for energy efficient control of heat activated polymerisation processes

26-Feb-2010 - Bac2, a cleantech materials company, is offering customisable latent acid catalysts to help manufacturers control polymerisation processes in order to reduce both energy consumption and costs. As resin systems vary widely in terms of pH sensitivity, Bac2 is offering a twin catalyst option to ...

BASF improves reliability for customers through new certification for quality of animal feed additives

01-Aug-2006 - The BASF intermediates formic acid, propionic acid and their mixtures now come with a certificate according to the new "European Feed Additives and Premixtures Quality System" (FAMI-QS) standard. This makes BASF one of the first companies to apply new standards to quality controls for feed ...

Viscotek launches online bibliography of technical articles featuring GPC/SEC technology

Characterisation of natural and synthetic polymers, proteins and nanoparticulate materials

14-Jul-2006 - Viscotek has launched a new online bibliography of published customer articles featuring the company's high performance GPC / SEC systems being used to characterise natural and synthetic polymers, proteins and nanoparticulate materials. Founded in 1985, Viscotek GPC / SEC detectors, software and ...

Setting standards in solvents - LGC Promochem offers the solvents of choice

LGC Promochem announces its new catalogue featuring high purity solvents for residue analysis and HPLC

25-Feb-2004 - For laboratories involved in analysing organic contaminants such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioxins, the purity of the solvent is critical in the detection of trace residues down to ppb and ppt levels. Throughout Europe, LGC Promochem's ...