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Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Laptops could work longer and electric cars could drive farther if it were possible to further increase the capacity of their lithium-ion batteries. The electrode material has a decisive influence on a battery’s capacity. So far, the negative electrode typically consists of graphite, whose layers can store lithium atoms. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have now developed a material made of boron and silicon that could smooth...

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM), a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, has selected SpecialChem's Commercial Acceleration Solutions to support growth of its boron nitride (BN) powders for use in thermally conductive plastics Strongsville, Ohio (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM), a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, has selected SpecialChem's Commercial Acceleration Solutions to support growth of its boron...

Revolutionary Technology uses Element Six's Boron-Doped Synthetic Diamond to Turn Common Tap Water into a Powerful, Chemical-Free Sanitizer, which Kills 99.9 Percent of Common Bacteria SEVILLE, Spain, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced that Electrolytic Ozone Inc., a member of the Technologies Division at Element Six, has been selected from 300 entries as one...

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light. Coatings that absorb as much of the energy of high-powered lasers as possible without breaking down are essential for optical power detectors that measure the output of such lasers, which are used, for example, in military equipment for defusing...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice. The new treatment did not produce any harmful side effects typically seen with conventional chemo and radiation cancer therapies. The team says clinical trials in humans could begin as soon as funding is secured. “Since the 1930s, scientists have sought success with a cancer treatment known as boron neutron capture...

Company Can Continue To Sell Its ULTRALUME® Product WEST CHESTER, Ohio, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied, on March 20, 2013, ArcelorMittal's petition for re-hearing in its patent infringement lawsuit involving aluminized boron steel. This week's court decision again confirms that AK Steel does not infringe the patent and can sell its ULTRALUME® aluminized boron steel product. AK Steel's...

Material Available to Commercial Partners for Enhanced Sensing Applications PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT PITTCON 2013, Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced that it has engineered DIAFILM EA (Electroanalysis grade) in collaboration with The University of Warwick. The free-standing, solid boron doped microwave chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond electrode is expected to...

Rice University Rice University scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator. The materials at play – graphene and hexagonal boron nitride – have been merged into sheets and built into a variety of patterns at nanoscale dimensions. Rice introduced a technique to stitch the identically structured materials together nearly three years ago....

FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Carbon and graphite market prospects are heavily tied to the end-use industries, including aluminum and steel. Primary aluminum represents a major end-use industry for carbon and graphite products. Aluminum demand has been increasing at a healthy pace over the past few years. The increasing per capita steel consumption in China and India are primarily accelerating the worldwide steel consumption. The healthy growth in aluminum and...

A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Carbon nanotubes, which consist of atom-thick sheets of carbon rolled into cylinders, have captured scientific attention in recent decades because of their high strength, potential high conductivity and light weight. But producing nanotubes in bulk for specialized...