Researchers at the University of Surrey, England, University of Cambridge, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xidian University, and Zhengzhou University, China, built a new kind of two-faced (bifacial) solar panel using single-walled carbon nanotubes as both front and back electrodes that are the highest efficiency single junction solar cells to date.
Continue readingQuesTek selected as Ansys technology partner
QuesTek Innovations, LLC, Evanston, Ill., the primary operating arm of QuesTek International, announced its formal selection as a Technology Partner by Ansys, Canonsburg Pa.
Continue readingNew laser-based method could help scientists discover new puncture-resistant materials
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., developed a laser-based method that uses high-intensity laser to blast microscale projectiles into a small sample at velocities close to the speed of sound to analyze the energy exchange and predict the puncture resistance of materials against larger projectiles encountered in real-world situations.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Classification of thermally sprayed coatings according to material morphology
This section provides an understanding for classifying thermally sprayed coatings according to morphologies, the shape of the individual particles, commonly determined via optical or scanning electron microscopy.
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