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Member Views of Materials News Perspectives on the Most Significant Established Materials Technology Stories of 2009 Posted on: 12/8/2009 12:00:00 AM... - Tis the season when various media outlets are highlighting what they believe are the top news stories of 2009.
At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery
Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor.
The effect of the geometry and material properties of a carbon joint...
Multiwall carbon nanotubes are promising candidates for yielding next generation electrical and electronic devices such as interconnects and tips for conductive force microscopy.
The enhanced alcohol-sensing response of ultrathin WO3 nanoplates
Chemical sensors based on semiconducting metal oxide nanocrystals are of academic and practical significance in industrial processing and environment-related applications.
December 2009 Cover: This concentric ring pattern was produced with...
THIS MONTH'S THEME: Mechanical Properties Open Access: Semi-solid Induction Forging of Metallic Glass Matrix Composites By: Douglas C. Hofmann, Henry Kozachkov, Hesham E. Khalifa, Joseph P. Schramm, Marios D. Demetriou, Kenneth S. Vecchio, and William L. Johnson Committee Sponsors: Structural Transitions and Local Deformation Processes at and Near ...
Manifold enhancement of electron beam induced deposition rate at grazing incidence
Quantum Dot Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura 3-13, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0003, Japan Abstract.
Flexible, self-healing antennae made from liquid metal
As engineers attempt to integrate electronics into things like clothing and medical devices, they're increasingly running up against the material properties of the substances we use to make the hardware.
Cambridge NanoTech Sweeps National Labs Multiple Fiji(TM) Plasma ALD...
"The interest that we've received in the Fiji has been overwhelming," said Ganesh Sundaram, Vice President of Technology at Cambridge NanoTech.
Anthony Evans pioneered the use of brittle materials in jet engines, space-shuttle tiles, silicon chips and vehicle armour.
Springer launches SpringerMaterials at London Online Information 2009
The breadth and depth of information is exhaustive: 91,000 online documents, 165,000 substances and materials systems, 3,000 properties and more than one million literature references.
WVU Materials Scientist Wins National Award
West Virginia University materials scientist Xingbo Liu is helping to improve the use of coal and winning awards in the process.
The mechanism of acicular ferrite in weld deposits
It is possible to maximize the content of acicular ferrite by increasing the intragranular nucleation sites while maintaining a critical weld metal cooling rate and the steel hardenability.
Heavy Metal: Researchers Try to Get the Lead out of Piezoelectronics
Gadget makers often rely on piezoelectricity - the ability that some solids have to produce voltage when pressure is applied to them - to power tiny embedded systems, such as a BlackBerry Storm 2's touch screen or a car's airbag sensor .
4.9 Million To Develop Metamaterials For 'Invisibility Cloaks' And 'Perfect Lenses'
Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: MRI / PET / Ultrasound Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 Research into designing and building unique 'metamaterials' has received a A 4.9 million funding boost from The Leverhulme Trust.
a " Golden Gate Section Technical Meeting: Microscopic Characterization of CPVC Failure Modes
The purpose of this talk is to demonstrate the utility of fractography in failure analysis investigations.A CPVCA fire sprinkler pipe sections were subjected to controlled loading conditions typifying hydrostatic burst, impact loading, and environmental stress cracking to induce cracks.A Hydrostatic burst is an overload failure mode , which may ...
Study of hybrid solar cells made of multilayer nanocrystalline...
Hybrid solar cells have been constructed by using nanocrystalline titania and hole-transporting polymers.
Students present at technology conference
Templeton Middle School eighth-graders Aaron Sonnemann and Bailee Bobert and Hamilton High School freshman Alan Mamerow showcased their knowledge of the design and engineering process Oct.
Ionic Batteries Could Increase Mobile Device Runtimes Six-Fold
Could the six-hour runtime of a netbook go to 36 hours in the future? It sounds possible based on recent ionic battery projects .
Julich neutron scientists inaugurate unique device in the US
Julich / Oak Ridge , 5 November 2009 - A unique large-scale research device from Julich went into operation in the USA yesterday.
Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough
A spinoff from Arizona State University says it can develop a metal-air battery that dramatically outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market, and now it has the funding it needs to prove it.
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