Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been exploring the potential of using 'van der Waals epitaxy' (vdWE) to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon [Yazeed Alaskar et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., published online 26 August 2014]. The team ...
Every time when the new semester comes, many parents will buy new stationery for their children.At this time, parents will obey what their children like, actually this is wrong.Because the threshold of stationery industry is low, a ...
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A team of four researchers from several universities in the U.S. has given a presentation at this year's American Physical Society meeting, outlining a theory they are developing to help explain a phenomenon known as earthquake lightning. ...
The world of two-dimensional (2-D) materials has just gotten a little more crowded. If graphene, boron nitride, molybendum disulfide and silicene weren’t quite enough, we now may have something to join the mix in the 2-D universe that ...
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When molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) entered the conversation related to two-dimensional (2-D) alternatives to graphene in electronic applications, some thought that MoS2 had an edge as a transistor material. That thought was inspired by the ...
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A team of researchers made up materials scientists and chemists from several institutions in California has developed a new group of polymers that can be caused to come about using solid-state polymerization of organic dye molecules. In ...
Post-it Notes and other office products helped 3M record a 3.9 per cent increase in fourth quarter profits. 3M said profits grew in its consumer and office business, which makes Scotch tape and Post-it notes, as well as in its health care ...
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Despite US authorities vetoing 3M's US$500 million takeover of Avery Dennison, both companies are still hoping to go through with the deal after addressing anti-trust issues. The companies issued a statement in response to a US Justice ...
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3M has dropped its $US550 million takeover of Avery Dennison's office products division after the US Justice Department said it would take legal action if the companies didn't abandon the transaction. The Justice Department said in a ...
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