Scientists have developed a new material: an ultra-thin film that can absorb over 99% of electromagnetic waves. The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) states it to be the “world's first ultra ...

Addressing the staggering power and energy demands of artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of Houston have developed a revolutionary new thin-film material that promises to make AI ...

A research team from the Energy & Environment Materials Research Division, led by Drs. Dong-Chan Lim and So-Yeon Kim, have created a next-generation thin-film material technology that substantially ...

Why are thin films essential to so many technologies? Our new eBook breaks it down—where they matter, how they work, and what ...

Imagine having a super-powered lens that uncovers hidden secrets of ultra-thin materials used in our gadgets. Research led by University of Florida engineering professor Megan Butala enables a novel ...

Diboride thin films represent a class of advanced ceramic coatings that combine outstanding hardness, high melting points and excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. These films play a crucial ...

Thermoplastic films have been used in flexible medical product applications since the 1960s, when plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) blood storage bags replaced glass bottles. 1 In the 1970s, PVC ...

The original peer reviewed LK99 superconductor paper only briefly mentions the thin film work and measurements but this is the most important part as only the chemical vapor deposited thin film has ...

Researchers create a scalable thin-film X-ray material, enabling large-area, customizable detectors for medicine, industry, security and science. (Nanowerk News) Most people picture a doctor checking ...

In this article, we explore how X-ray diffraction, also known as XRD, can be used to analyze thin films and the benefits of using this technique. Many materials are now processed in the form of thin ...