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AI-driven coating process demonstrated for all-solid-state battery cathode materials
Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and Powrex Corp. (Itami, Japan) have completed a joint demonstration to investigate optimal coating conditions for the surfaces of cathode active materials used in all-solid-state battery manufacturing — a process designed to prevent output degradation…
Smarter Thermal Control for Industrial Pipelines
Introducing intelligent steam tracing and thermal management solutions Download this white paper to learn about a next-generation thermal management approach for industrial pipeline systems, addressing the limitations of traditional steam tracing methods that often struggle to deliver the…
ROSS Mixers in Aerospace Manufacturing: Precision, Performance and Compliance
Aerospace manufacturing relies on advanced materials that present significant mixing challenges, including high viscosity formulations, shear sensitivity, and tightly controlled, reportable conditions. The precision and repeatability of the mixing operation directly influence product performance and safety. This paper reviews…
Fish-inspired nanorobots for lithium recovery from seawater
A Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) research team is developing a new approach to lithium recovery using tiny, fish-like swimming nanorobots that capture lithium ions from seawater. Supported by a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.)…
Chemists use programmable DNA as ‘molecular glue’ to direct protein crystallization
For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms. Crystallization enables scientists to determine the molecular structures of proteins, which can provide a blueprint for designing drugs, engineering enzymes, and understanding disease.…
Researchers unlock molecular mechanism of CO2-to-graphite conversion via molten-salt electrolysis
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab; Berkeley, California), UC Berkeley (Berkeley, California), and Estonia's National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (Tallinn, Estonia) have shown a promising way to convert waste carbon pulled…
Microwave irradiation and ion exchange lower cost of battery upcycling
Approaches for recycling cathode active materials from used lithium-ion batteries generally face a tradeoff wherein recovering materials with the widest range of possibilities for re-use, such as pyrometallurgical methods, generally require high energy and long process times, while direct-recycling approaches…
Autonomous chemistry system identifies high-performing and tunable catalysts
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU; Raleigh; www.ncsu.edu) and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill; www.unc.edu), with the support of Eastman Chemical Co. (www.eastman.com), have developed a closed-loop autonomous catalysis platform for identifying high-performing catalyst formulations and for…
Taming reactive radicals to streamline C-glycoside drug synthesis
Many widely used pharmaceuticals depend on a carbohydrate class known as C-glycosides, which are metabolically stable and acid-resistant. Although they can be made from common sugars like dextrose, C-glycosides have proven difficult to synthesize due to the preponderance of hydroxyl…
Precise molecular order results in remarkably thin monofilaments
A materials-science breakthrough for the production of ultra-fine monofilaments is now being commercialized by startup firm Z-Polymers (Lowell, Mass.; www.z-polymers.com). The company’s Tullomer-branded monofilaments support exceptionally thin functional fibers with low creep and shrinkage, while exhibiting extremely high mechanical strength…