Researchers in China have achieved continuous wave (cw) lasing at room temperature for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) grown directly on silicon (Si) [Yi Sun et al, Nature Photonics, 10, p595, 2016]. The team from Suzhou ...
Tags: InGaN Laser diodes, cw, SINANO
Allied Feather & Down completed certification to become the industry’s largest supplier of down certified under NSF International’s Global Traceable Down Standard (TDS). At the start of 2016, Allied estimated more than 70 ...
Tags: Allied, TDS Certification, Supplier
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
To mark HMG Paints’ 85th Year of business, a dedicated in-house team has created new website. The new website has everything you’d need to know about HMG as a company, their products, and the services they offer, as well as ...
Tags: HMG Paints, paint, coatings
Researchers in Europe have developed a low-temperature plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) process for direct growth of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) on silicon (Si) substrates [Pavel Aseev et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, ...
A citizens group has opposed the move of the Central Government to set up a Textile Park in Tamil Nadu saying that the Park would aggravate the serious pollution problems faced by Tirupur and its surrounding regions. In a statement, the ...
Tags: water bodies, toxic effluents, Textile
In its pre-budget memorandum, the Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) among many demands has asked for extension of rupee export credit at 3 per cent interest rate subvention, import of specialty fabric using export performance ...
IBM Research's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Northwestern University have developed a technique to grow hexagonal- and cubic-phase gallium nitride (h-/c-GaN) on standard (100) silicon (Si) [Can Bayram et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., ...
Specialty chemicals company Archroma has opened its first sustainable effluent treatment (SET) facility at its textile chemical site in Jamshoro, Pakistan. With an investment of PKR371m (US$3.5m), the facility is Archroma's biggest-ever ...
Tags: sustainable water, environment
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been using limited area epitaxy (LAE) to improve the performance of lasers diodes (LDs) grown on free-standing semipolar (20-21) gallium nitride (GaN) substrates [Matthew T. Hardy et al, J. ...
IFS Coatings, a manufacturer of powder coatings, has launched a new logo and website. According to the company, the new logo builds on the company's unique position and history while extending its branding in new markets. IFS Coatings ...
Tags: powder coatings, Construction
In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Nanofiltration is assessed as an integrated process to fertiliser drawn forward osmosis (FDFO) desalination, to reduce the nutrient concentrations in the final product water. This would allow direct use of the product water for fertigation ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
World Water Works announces the availability of its new www/RESOURCE DAF, a next generation dissolved air flotation (DAF) system with significant performance and cost advantages. The www/RESOURCE DAF system handles flows from 5-8000 ...
Australian researchers have evaluated a membrane desalination system based on electrodialysis reversal (EDR), for its capacity to remove salt from treated municipal wastewater. The aim is to provide a source of recycled water for ...
Tags: Wastewater Desalination, Horticultural Irrigation, Processing Machinery