Materials news

Machine learning replicates the secrets of composites

3D printing of composite parts makes counterfeiting easier

Oxygen switches on efficient catalysts for electrochemistry

The movement of oxygen in a perovskite material covered in iron nanoparticles can switch it between highly catalytic and less catalytic states.

The 2020 Microelectronic Engineering / Micro and Nanoengineering (Elsevier journals) - Young Investigator Awards and Lectureships

AI finds cheap and stable solid electrolyte materials

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to identify a novel class of cheap, stable solid electrolyte materials made from lithium, boron and sulfur.

MAHLE to close German plants

Auto company MAHLE says that it plans to close two German plants and adjust staffing levels in other locations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

Focus on FGF printing

DSM is collaborating with 3D printing company Nedcam to develop fused granulate fabrication (FGF) 3D printing.

Self-assembling anticancer drugs

Self-assembling anticancer drugs

Composites market study

AZL Aachen GmbH is investigating market potential, future applications and relevant technologies with regards to bio-based composite materials.

Online composites portal

Stratview Research, a market intelligence firm, has launched a new online portal to supply the composites industry with reports and whitepapers.

NASA develops large-scale 3D printing

NASA has formed a new project to help develop ways to 3D print metal rocket engine parts using blown powder directed energy deposition.

Höganäs production sites up and running

Höganäs says that its main production sites are all up and running, following restrictions during the Covid-19 lockdown.

NICE coating lights up medical devices

NIR dye-polymer fluorescent coating helps surgeons visualize medical devices in the body

Sounds like a new type of superconductor

By studying how strontium ruthenate responds to sound waves, researchers have discovered it may be a new type of superconductor known as g-wave.

New low-cost production method can produce 'spoonful' of 2D material

Researchers have developed a low-cost method for fabricating thin nanoribbons of molybdenum disulfide at a large scale.

Plansee hires 44 new apprentices

Plansee and its subsidiary Ceratizit say that it has hired 44 apprentices to start vocational training at in six different apprenticeships.

UK engine production down 35.1% in August

The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) reports that 106,398 auto engines were produced in the UK in August, with an output fall of 35.1%.

Laser scanner designed for high-speed measurement

Exact Metrology has introduced the Hexagon RS6 laser scanner, which it says can scan up to 1.2 million points/second with a scan rate of 300 Hz.

AIMPLAS focuses on more efficient composites recycling

AIMPLAS says that it is coordinating a project to find a new method of recycling and reprocessing composite thermoplastic materials.