Materion Microelectronics & Services, a Materion Corporation business, Cleveland, Ohio, has opened a Materials Applications Laboratory in Westford, Mass. It will serve three functions: produce coatings for customer evaluations of PVD materials, promote customer education/collaboration, and support Materion internal R&D. The laboratory features thin film equipment, such as a sputtering system with a 150-mm diameter target, and an electron beam box coater.
JEC Americas 2013 to Focus on Top Innovations in the Americas’ Vibrant and Rapidly Growing Composites Sector
Composite industry leaders from around the globe will return this fall to the second edition of the JEC Americas Composites Show & Conferences at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Oct. 2-4, 2013.
Dragonflies inspire new medical rubber
The remarkable, rubber-like protein that enables dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other insects to flap their wings, jump, and chirp has major potential uses in medicine, scientists conclude in an article in the journal ACS Macro Letters. It evaluates the latest advances toward using a protein called resilin in nanosprings, biorubbers, biosensors, and other applications.
Zero gravity helps design better materials
Researchers from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., are among many scientists helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth. Structural alloys are produced through solidification-a process similar to the making of ice cubes.
University of Manchester to build Multidisciplinary Characterization Facility
The University of Manchester, UK, has received $28 million from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) to set up a state-of-the-art Multidisciplinary Characterization Facility. The new facility at Manchester will focus on the United Kingdom’s strategic development in advanced materials and manufacturing, and will provide the necessary expertise to accelerate innovation from the laboratory to market.