New Cypher L atomic force microscope provides higher resolution and a simpler user experience for core nanoscience research fields

Published: July 20, 2022

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, Calif., launched its new Cypher L atomic force microscope, designed for researchers who need core AFM capabilities in research markets including polymers, 2D materials, quantum technology, and energy storage.

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Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems installs Tescan Amber X Plasma FIB-SEM for diverse set of materials research projects

Published: July 20, 2022

Tescan Orsay Holding a.s., Czech Republic, announces the installation of the Amber X focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope at the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems in Germany.

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New metrological technique uses stress for nanotomography

Published: July 20, 2022

Researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and their colleagues in Russia and Spain demonstrated proof-of-concept of a new radiation-safe method for mapping the internal structure and stress distribution in samples of materials at the nanoscale, with a resolution about 100 times higher than that of the x-ray and neutron tomography techniques currently available.

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NSF award will help UAB researchers develop and understand high-temperature-resistant materials

Published: July 20, 2022

Shane Aaron Catledge, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physics, was awarded a three-year Division of Materials grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “New frontiers in synthesis of high-entropy transition metal borides enabled by microwave-induced plasma.”

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Crystal phase engineering offers glimpse of future potential, researchers say

Published: July 19, 2022

Researchers in China have summarized two decades of phase engineering work to see how regulating the rearrangements of materials may enable sustainable energy conversion processes, with a specific focus on electrocatalysts, including how the field might progress.

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Efficient, stable, and eco-friendly thermoelectric material discovered

Published: July 19, 2022

A team at the Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkaido University, Japan, has synthesized a barium cobalt oxide thermoelectric converter that is reproducibly stable and efficient at temperatures as high as 600°C, opening new avenues towards the widespread use of thermoelectric converters.

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N.J. man charged after feds seize $17.5M in counterfeit electronics

Published: June 15, 2022

A Bergen County, N.J. man was arrested and charged with taking part in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to sell counterfeit computer networking devices on Amazon and other online retail websites.

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Bruker introduces XFlash 7, the next generation of EDS detectors for elemental analysis in electron microscopes

Published: June 15, 2022

Bruker Corp., Germany, introduced the new XFlash 7 detector series for its QUANTAX energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer systems, enabling chemical analysis of material samples in electron microscopes with ultimate speed, sensitivity, and reliability.

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Onsemi unveils world’s first TOLL-packaged 650 V SiC MOSFET

Published: June 15, 2022

Onsemi, Phoenix, announced the world’s first TO-leadless packaged silicon carbide MOSFET at PCIM Europe.

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Hitachi High-Tech sets a new pace for plating and coatings analysis with the new FT230

Published: June 15, 2022

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, England, a global company within Hitachi High-Tech Group, Japan, has expanded its plating and coatings analysis range with the launch of the breakaway FT230.

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