Copper Mining and Refining

How to turn 1% copper ore into 99.99% pure copper This video clip shows how 1% copper ore is melted and sulfur and other impurities are removed. The copper is cast into anodes of 90% purity then placed in an electrolytic reduction cell with cathodes. When an electric current is passed through the anode and […]

Branding

The New ASM Brand Identity After months of research and testing, we are proud to announce the all-new look and feel of ASM International! The redesigned logo and brand platform defines ASM’s attributes, values and behaviors as well as visually rebrands the organization to cohesively align our products, services and communities together as one. Based […]

Research brings new control over topological insulator

An international team of scientists investigating the electronic properties of ultra-thin films of new materials – topological insulators (TIs) – has demonstrated a new method to tune their unique properties using strain (“Tuning Dirac states by strain in the topological insulator Bi2Se3”).