Nanowires to replace infrared first Due to the rapid growth of the display industry, as well the scarcity of indium, and the high processing costs of ITO films, industry leaders have been searching for alternatives, such as nanowires. Silver nanowir…
As a typical material with two dimensions, graphene is widely used and highly desired in the scientific and industrial community. What exactly is a 2-dimensional material? Simple, two-dimensional material is a non-nanoscale (1 to 100 nm) material in…
In recent years, transition metal dichalcogenide was one of the key two-dimensional materials for quantum functional applications. These materials have a honeycomb like graphene but have spin-orbit coupling that allows them to exhibit novel propertie…
GaN is a semiconductor material of third generation with a large forbidden-band width. It has superior properties compared to first-generation Si or second-generation GaAs. GaN devices, due to the large band gaps and high thermal conductivity of GaN…
Is boron a metal?Boron powder does not belong to the metal family, and it is a solid that lacks many of the metal's characteristics. Boron has the lowest outermost electron count of any non-metallic. It is available in both crystalline and amorphous…
He believes that the graphene market in China, from a business perspective, is not "hot enough" to "reduce" the fever, and should remain "hot". It is an allotrope in the form of one layer of carbon atoms, arranged in a hexagonal lattice with two di…
British media have reported that scientists made a major discovery - the conversion from radio signals to electricity. Popularly speaking, this is power generation via WiFi! We may see battery-free phones, laptops, and even mobile phones in the futur…
What is Hafnium Carbide and Tantalum Carbide? Tantalum carbide is a brown powdery metal cubic crystal of the sodium chloride system. The tantalum carbide used today is a sintered cemented carbide grain growth inhibitor. This has an important effect i…
Singer's research team discovered that the high lithium capacity of these flakes does not last long and will fall after five charges, a behavior similar to a lithium-sulfur battery which uses sulfur as one electrode. Singer added that they also disco…
What is aluminium nitride (AlN)?Aluminum nitride (a covalent-bond compound) is a white, grayish, or white-gray atomic crystal that belongs to a diamond like nitride. Aluminum nitride formula AlN. Aluminum nitride, which is metal-treated, can replace…
How can battery researchers store and move energy more quickly, if they want to extend the life of batteries? The researchers at North Carolina State University want to find the answer. Researchers at the North Carolina State University have develope…
Flexible electronics can benefit from ultra-thin materials of atomic thickness, which are used for manufacturing microprocessors. Recent breakthroughs have been made in this area by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, and the…
Titanium Sputtering targets are used frequently in flat display coatings, hardware tool coating, decorative coat, semiconductor components and for semiconductor components. This is because it's one of the key materials used to make integrated circuit…
The World Platinum Investment Association (WPIC) said recently that carmakers are accelerating reductions in palladium use and increased use of platinum due to concerns about Russian palladium supplies. However, it still expects a significant surplus…
Oil futures tumbled more than $5 a barrel on news that the Biden administration is considering releasing about 1 million barrels a day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for several months to cool surging crude prices.Brent crude futures…