Nanoparticles are used in many commercial products catalysts to cosmetics. A review published today in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials by researchers in Sweden and Spain describes recent work on the 3 main nanoparticles used in photocatalytic, UV-blocking and sunscreens.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering. The results were published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials this week.
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AGY Holding Corp. Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Consolidated Results
AIKEN, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– AGY Holding Corp. (“AGY” or the “Company”) today announced consolidated results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012.
“During 2012, we continued to successfully move our sales mix towards a higher concentration of Advanced Materials, despite a challenging undercurrent in the market,” said Richard Jenkins, the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer. “Our specific product and project business continued to exhibit strength, and we outperformed our S-2 sales goals for fiscal year 2012. We also continued to build on the improvements in operating performance by increasing production efficiencies, implementing enhanced manufacturing processes, and controlling costs, while focusing on delivering high quality products. As a result, our Adjusted EBITDA attributable to AGY Holding Corp. increased $3.8 million to $21.6 million for the full year 2012, or a 21% improvement compared to 2011.”
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Researchers at Ruhr University have used self-assembling techniques to produce gold microwires that have suitable properties for micro-Velcro. The research is published today in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Researchers in Japan have developed a way to detect caesium contamination on a scale of millimetres enabling the detection of small areas of radioactive contamination. The research is published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials today. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
By achieving the synthesis of a novel nanohybrid structure by means of the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique, Professor My Ali El Khakani and his team paved the way for a new generation of optoelectronic materials. The combination of carbon nanotubes and lead sulfide (PbS) nanoparticles was performed using an effective and relatively simple process that offers considerable latitude for creating other nanohybrids for a variety of applications. The INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre researcher’s work, published in the renowned journal Advanced Materials, presents very promising prospects for the development of third-generation solar devices, fast photodetectors, and optoelectronic switches.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researchers together with researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), have developed a special treatment for cotton fabric that allows the cotton to absorb exceptional amounts of water from misty air: 340% of its own weight. What makes this ‘coated cotton’ so interesting is that the cotton releases the collected water by itself, as it gets warmer. This property makes of the coated cotton materials a potential solution to provide water to the desert regions, for example for agricultural purposes. The results of this research will be published next month in the scientific journal Advanced Materials.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
