High Tech Ceramics News articles from March 2005

High Tech Ceramics News archives from March 2005

MARKETS: Laser Materials Take Off.
March 1, 2005... While the market for laser systems has been extensively analyzed by a number of market research organizations, the materials and components that comprise or are associated with lasers have not been covered in any considerable detail. Many of...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Ceralink Offers Microwave Assist.
March 1, 2005... Ceralink Inc. now offers CerMAT, a patented microwave assist technology that brings materials manufacturers enormous potential for increased productivity at a reduced energy cost. The technology uses microwave energy to assist with either...

Spray Gun Can Handle Ceramic Coatings.
March 1, 2005... Binks has announced the High-Performance RHINO Automatic Air Spray gun, designed for extreme multi-gun finishing applications or fixed gun spray systems in high production ceramic coating and sanitary ware environments. The RHINO gun was...

System Separate Coarse from Nano.
March 1, 2005... Particle Sizing Systems has introduced SuperClone line of hydrocyclones, which are unique in its ability to simultaneously remove both fines and coarse particles from a powder or slurry. The standard hydrocyclone uses centrifugal sedimentation...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS Zoning In On Particle Size.
March 1, 2005... Micromeritics showcased several products and the new Micromeritics Analytical Services at Pittcon 2005, held on February 27-March 4 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The new Elzone II 5390 particle size analyzer uses the...

Malvern Adds Viscometer Accessory.
March 1, 2005... Malvern has added the SV-10 Vibro viscometer to its range of material characterization instruments for use with its Zetasizer Nano particle characterization systems. The SV-10 is exceptionally easy to use and clean, is relatively low cost and...

Carbon Nanotubes for Microscopy.
March 1, 2005... International Sematech and Xidex Corp. have claimed that they have developed a scanning probe microscope (SPM) technology, based on carbon nanotubes. The technology will reinforce the need to deploy atomic force microscopy (AFM) for future...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS: Altair, Genesis Air Aim To Clear the Air.
March 1, 2005... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. announced a partnering effort with Texas-based Genesis Air to produce specialized surface activated, nano-sized titanium dioxide compounds for use in an innovative HVAC air cleaning system. The system, based on...

Ultrasound Creates Hollow Nanospheres.
March 1, 2005... Using high-intensity ultrasound, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created hollow nanospheres and the first hollow nanocrystals. The nanospheres could be used in microelectronics, drug delivery and as catalysts...

UT Engineers Develop Biowarfare Sensors.
March 1, 2005... A sensing device tailored for mass production of highly sensitive and stable nerve-gas detectors has been developed by a research group led by a mechanical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin. The new sensor technology, which was more...

COATINGS: Hotter-Running Engines Using Thermal Barrier.
March 1, 2005... Researchers at the U. S. Department of Energys Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University have developed a new bond coat for thermal barrier coatings, or TBCs, that may allow gas turbine engines in aircraft and other power-generating...

BIOCERAMICS: Important Key to Dental Enamel.
March 1, 2005... Scientists at The Forsyth Institute have found and replicated a key aspect of the mechanism by which dental enamel is formed. The findings, published in the Feb. 14 Journal of Structural Biology, may lead, one day, to new, biological methods...

FILTERS AND MEMBRANES: Cellular Ceramic Wins National Medal.
March 1, 2005... President George W. Bush announced on Febraury 15th 2005, the winners of the 2003 National Medal of Technology, including a team of Corning Inc. scientists for their invention of the cellular ceramic substrate. While working at Corning in the...

BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS FCT's 5kW System Achieves Target.
March 1, 2005... Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT) has announced that its second generation 5kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system has accumulated over 1500 hours of operation. In the latest test, which is ongoing, the unit has generated more than 5kW of energy per...

Mphase, Rutgers Collaborate on Battery.
March 1, 2005... mPhase Technologies Inc. will collaborate with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, on broadening the capabilities of its nanotechnology-based battery that is now under development. By taking advantage of expertise at Rutgers' Energy...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: GaN-on-Insulator Substrate Debuts.
March 1, 2005... The Soitec Group (Euronext, Paris), the leading manufacturer of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and other engineered substrates for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, today announced a technology breakthrough using its proprietary...

New Inverters for Electric Vehicles.
March 1, 2005... Powerful new inverters incorporating silicon carbide transistors and diodes could help speed the development of hybrid electric vehicles and lead to advances in a number of other areas. Compared to conventional silicon-based power semiconductor...

An Aerogel That's A Semiconductor.
March 1, 2005... Wayne State University researchers have made the first ever aerogel with semiconducting properties. Aerogels are an important class of porous material but most of them are electrically insulating. If the new aerogels can be prepared in thin...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: Adding Reliabity to The Grid.
March 1, 2005... American Superconductor and Siemens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and explore the commercialization aspects of high temperature superconductor (HTS) fault current limiters (FCL). They will build and test FCL components based on...

Tiny Wires Withstand Strong Magnetic Fields.
March 1, 2005... Ultrathin superconducting wires can withstand stronger magnetic fields than larger wires made from the same material, researchers now report. This finding may be useful for technologies that employ superconducting magnets, such as magnetic...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Ceradyne Wins Navy Armor Contract.
March 1, 2005... Ceradyne, Inc. received a $2.8 million order for the company's lightweight ceramic armor for use on a Navy vessel. First of its kind for Ceradyne, the order was placed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center for delivery in late 2005. The ships,...

Companies Report Quarterly Results.
March 1, 2005... Here's a mixed bag of recent reports from companies in the ceramics industry: * Ceradynes fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on record new orders for its ceramic armor plates that are used by U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. Quarterly...

RESOURCES: AVS Invites Abstracts.
March 1, 2005... The AVS 52nd International Symposium and Exhibition will be held October 30-November 4, 2005, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. Highlights will include an extensive collection of technical symposia, topical conferences, exhibitor...

BCC Joins with NanoBusiness Alliance.
March 1, 2005... NanoBusiness2005, the worlds largest conference dedicated to the business of nanotechnology, and Business Communications Co. (BCC, Inc.), the leader in technology and market research reports, has announced that BCC will develop an extended...

CALENDAR.
March 1, 2005... April 1013, 2005: 107th Annual Meeting and Exposition of The American Ceramics Society, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MD. Contact: American Ceramic Society, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136, Tel: 614/890-4700, Fax:...

WHO'S WHO.
March 1, 2005... Joseph Cross, Promoting Nanomaterials High Tech Ceramics News spoke to Joseph Cross, President & CEO of Nanophase Technologies. Nanophase Technologies is a nanocrystalline materials innovator and manufacturer with an integrated family of...