New technology for liquid-crystal displays

15-May-2018 - An international research team from Russia, France, and Germany has proposed a new method for orienting liquid crystals. It could be used to increase the viewing angle of liquid-crystal displays. "This is first and foremost a fundamental study exploring the mechanisms of liquid crystal ...

Soft magnetic material characterizations get a harder look

15-Nov-2017 - In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the metallic components. Choosing the right magnetic material is crucial for designing efficient machines, so researchers from the Institute of Electrical ...

AFM Tips from the Microwave

Chemists from the Jena University (Germany) improve the process for the fabrication of sharp Atomic Force Microscopy tips

28-Oct-2010 - Scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) were successful in improving a fabrication process for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe tips. Atomic Force Microscopy is able to scan surfaces so that even tiniest nano structures become visible. Knowledge about these structures ...

Turbo test for chemical catalysts

Prof. Ferdi Schüth (MPI für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim), Dr. Dirk Demuth and Dr. Wolfram Stichert (hte AG, Heidelberg) have been nominated for the award “Deutscher Zukunftspreis“

23-Sep-2010 - Thanks to a process developed by Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim (Germany), and the scientists and technologists of hte Aktiengesellschaft in Heidelberg (Germany) headed by Dr. Dirk Demuth and Dr. Wolfram Stichert, the search for new and ...

Archimedes Pharma Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for PecFent for the Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain

28-Jun-2010 - Archimedes Pharma announced that its lead product, PecFent, has received a Positive Opinion from the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP), of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The CHMP is recommending PecFent, an innovative fentanyl nasal spray, be authorised for marketing in European ...

Bac2 granted materials patent for ElectroPhen low-cost conductive polymer

24-Mar-2010 - Bac2 has been granted materials patents for its electrically conductive polymer trademarked ElectroPhen, The patent covers Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the UK. Patent applications for the material are awaiting grant in Japan, Canada, the USA, South Korea, India and China. Bac2 has ...

The world´s first hand-held automated analytical syringe by SGE is nominated for the GIT-InnovationsAward 2010

10-Mar-2010 - eVol®, a revolution in liquid handling of smallest volumes is nominated for the GIT-InnovationsAward 2010. An independent jury of renown university professors from Germany - has made a pre-selection from the huge number of submitted products and nominated eVol® for the honouring. The aim of the ...

Nominations for the European Inventor Award 2010

Saving precious water, gentler cancer treatments and "football" molecules made of carbon

10-Mar-2010 - Twelve candidates from nine countries are competing this year for the European Inventor Award 2010, a highly regarded innovation prize presented annually by the EPO together with the European Commission to honour outstanding inventions. The prize, which is purely symbolic and involves no material ...

AkzoNobel Applies for Patent on Small Scale Chlorine Production

11-Feb-2010 - AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals, together with Uhde and Uhdenora, has filed an international patent application for remote controlled chlorine production units. The patent claim is for the design and development of a small scale chlorine plant in which the process steps are developed in such a way ...

Messer topping-out ceremony for second production facility in Germany

01-Dec-2009 - 10,000 cubic meters of earth moved, 5,000 cubic meter of concrete poured and 1,300 square meters of brickwork: These are a few of the key statistics so far for the new air gas production facility being built by the Messer industrial gas specialist on the Salzgitter Flachstahl site, a subsidiary ...