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Using XPS and a Multi-Mode Ion Source to Understand Advanced Layered Materials
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Tim Nunney
Used in a wide range of products and devices, complex, multi-layered materials have traditionally been based around metallic or oxide layers.
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SEMs Provide Deep Insight Into Materials
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Donna Guarrera
Modern scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) offer vast improvements over early models in terms of electron optics, detector design and computing technology.
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Time-Efficient Execution of Rheological Tests in Oscillation With an Easy-to-Use Quality Control Rheometer
Friday, August 07, 2015
Fabian Meyer
Quality control managers are under constant pressure to conduct analyses as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. In certain industries, such as paints and coatings and food, rheological ...
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Identification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment by Raman Microspectroscopy and Imaging
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Dieter Fischer
Andrea Kaeppler
Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn
Each year, 5–13 million tons of plastic debris enter the oceans. The main reason for this is the inappropriate disposal of waste from industrialized nations.
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Depth Profiling Trimethylaluminum-Modified PET Fibers by Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Curtis Marcott
Michael Lo
Eoghan Dillon
Halil I. Akyildiz
Jesse S. Jur
The development of flexible electronic devices for use as biosensors, optics or photovoltaic applications is a promising research area. Many common, inexpensive polymers can be processed in large ...
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What Does Your Particle Size Data Mean?
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Paul Kippax
Deborah Huck-Jones
Laser diffraction is a mature technology with extensive capabilities. Highly automated and easy to use, modern laser diffraction systems efficiently meet the requirements for particle size data ...
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High-Throughput Tools for Optimizing Drug Nanosuspensions
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Dennis H. Leung
Timothy Rhodes
Annette Bak
Inadequate absorption and bioavailability often make it difficult to deliver the drug to the target in vivo and pose significant challenges to the discovery and development of new drugs. A number of ...
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Microscopy for Materials Characterization: Illuminating Structures With Light and Electrons
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Elaine F. Schumacher
Engineered materials abound in products that we use every day. They can range from a bulk material like the glass in a window to a dispersion of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a sunscreen ...
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An Economical Alternative to Rheological Characterization
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Tien T. Dao
Jeshwanth K. Rameshwaram
Rheological characterization continues to gain importance in the development of novel materials across a wide variety of industries. Historically, rheological characterization required a significant ...
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Particle Characterization: Challenges Associated With Submicrometer-Sized Objects
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Craig S. Schwandt
Materials in the form of particulate or engineered objects are relatively easy to characterize in terms of their composition, shape, size, and size distribution, provided they are larger than 1 µm in...
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Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Polymer Composites
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Kevin Kjoller
Curtis Marcott
Michael Lo
Qichi Hu
Eoghan Dillon
Craig B. Prater
The field of polymer composites is a rapidly developing area of study in materials science. The addition of a variety of new component materials, such as carbon fibers, clay, carbon nanotubes, ...
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Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Methacrylates in Dental Filling Materials
Monday, March 03, 2014
Heidi Fleischer
Kerstin Thurow
Ellen Vorberg
Mareike Warkentin
Various species of methacrylates are widely used in dentistry as filling materials. These consist mainly of an organic matrix, based on a monomer system of methacrylates and inorganic additives.
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Using Micro-XRF to Quantify Thickness and Composition of Thin-Film Solar Cells
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Andrew Lee
Thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) have developed into a highly efficient source of energy in solar cell technology, due to the reduction in semiconductor material required compared to traditional solar ...
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Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Microrheology: Taking Rheological Characterization to Extremes
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Steve Carrington
Microrheology is a relatively new and developing analytical methodology of growing interest to those working at the forefront of rheological characterization. The term “microrheology” is used to ...
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Measurement and Prediction of Fluid Viscosity at High Shear Rates
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Tien T. Dao
Jeshwanth K. Rameshwaram
Polymeric materials, in a general sense, are viscoelastic in nature since they exhibit a strong dependence of deformation and flow on time and temperature. Performance of these materials can only be ...
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Use of an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Dynamic in situ Studies of Nano-Structured Materials at the Atomic Scale
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Joerg R. Jinschek
Current research and development (R&D) that is focused on efficient energy conversion and environmental protection technologies relies heavily on advances in the development of new and improved ...
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Material Characterization With Complete Compositional Analysis Using Thermogravimetry
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Matthias Wagner
Michael R. Zemo
Consistent high performance demanded from modern materials has been a topic of discussion for both technical and business individuals for many years. The globalization of the supply and ...
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