Superhard materials

Meller Optics' Introduces new Sapphire Sight Windows that are Designed for use at UHV to 10,000 PSI

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Materials, Matter, Oxide minerals, Superhard materials, Transparent materials, Dielectrics, Optical Materials, Sapphire, Meller

Meller Sapphire Sight Windows can be manufactured to specification in sizes from 0.25" to 10" dia.

Key Points: 
  • Meller Sapphire Sight Windows can be manufactured to specification in sizes from 0.25" to 10" dia.
  • Featuring Mohs 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond, Meller Sapphire Sight Windows are impervious to fast moving fluids and particulates.
  • These precision sapphire sight windows exhibit flatness to 0.5 fringes HeNe and parallelism from 20 to 2 arc/secs.
  • Meller Sapphire Sight Windows are priced according to configuration and customer requirements.

High-Volume Orders Finally Arrive for the Graphene Industry, Explores IDTechEx

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Monolayers, Materials, Graphene, Emerging technologies, Matter, Physical sciences, Superhard materials, Potential applications of graphene, Single-layer materials

IDTechEx now believes that the industry is at the first stages of that inflection point as high-volume orders finally begin to arrive.

Key Points: 
  • IDTechEx now believes that the industry is at the first stages of that inflection point as high-volume orders finally begin to arrive.
  • Before 2021, IDTechEx notes that the single biggest order for graphene material is for Sixth Element from Huawei for use in a heat spreader application.
  • Other key orders have also been seen to date for the likes of wear-resistant liners, anti-corrosion coating, and PU foams.
  • For more information on the graphene market and its applications, see the market report " Graphene Market & 2D Material Assessment 2021-2031 ".

High-Volume Orders Finally Arrive for the Graphene Industry, Explores IDTechEx

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Monolayers, Materials, Graphene, Emerging technologies, Matter, Physical sciences, Superhard materials, Potential applications of graphene, Single-layer materials

IDTechEx now believes that the industry is at the first stages of that inflection point as high-volume orders finally begin to arrive.

Key Points: 
  • IDTechEx now believes that the industry is at the first stages of that inflection point as high-volume orders finally begin to arrive.
  • Before 2021, IDTechEx notes that the single biggest order for graphene material is for Sixth Element from Huawei for use in a heat spreader application.
  • Other key orders have also been seen to date for the likes of wear-resistant liners, anti-corrosion coating, and PU foams.
  • For more information on the graphene market and its applications, see the market report " Graphene Market & 2D Material Assessment 2021-2031 ".

Charles & Colvard Expands its Digital Footprint with Launch of Moissanite Outlet

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Minerals, Chemistry, Materials, Native element minerals, Moissanite, Superhard materials, Charles & Colvard, Abrasives, Silicon carbide, Gemstone, Henri Moissan, Jewellery

Moissanite Outlet serves a large, deal-seeking consumer base with quality discounted products that do not meet the standards of Charles & Colvard's premium gem brands and fine jewelry.

Key Points: 
  • Moissanite Outlet serves a large, deal-seeking consumer base with quality discounted products that do not meet the standards of Charles & Colvard's premium gem brands and fine jewelry.
  • "Digital expansion is a key component to our overall growth strategy and Moissanite Outlet gives us the opportunity to take back ownership of the entire moissanite market," said Don O'Connell, President and CEO of Charles & Colvard.
  • The product assortment includes moissanite rings, earrings, pendants, and bracelets, as well as jewelry set with colored moissanite and other lab created colored gemstones.
  • Charles & Colvard is the original pioneer of lab-created moissanite, a rare gemstone formed from silicon carbide.

Global Graphene Company and Pricing Directory 2021 with Profiles of 275 Companies - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, March 15, 2021
Chemicals, Plastics, Natural Resources, Manufacturing, Mining, Minerals, Graphene, Emerging technologies, Materials, Matter, Monolayers, Physical sciences, Superhard materials, Potential applications of graphene, Nanosheet, Graphite oxide, Graphene production techniques, Graphene morphology

The Graphene Company and Pricing Directory 2021 has been expanded to include pricing information by graphene type and quantity by producer, new information on production capacities and expanded company information.

Key Points: 
  • The Graphene Company and Pricing Directory 2021 has been expanded to include pricing information by graphene type and quantity by producer, new information on production capacities and expanded company information.
  • Directory listings include detail on products, industrial collaborations and production capacities for producers of graphene oxide, graphene nanoplatelets, CVD graphene, graphene quantum dots etc.
  • Company segmentation by types of graphene produced (Graphene oxide, graphene nanoplatelets/nanosheets, CVD graphene, graphene ink and graphene quantum dots).
  • Company pricing by types of graphene produced (Graphene oxide, graphene nanoplatelets/nanosheets, CVD graphene, graphene ink and graphene quantum dots).

StratEdge Announces Increased Manufacturing Capacity of Outline Glass Sidewall Thermally Enhanced Packages for Power Semiconductors

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Semiconductor, Automotive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Satellite, Manufacturing, Defense, Other Technology, Other Defense, Telecommunications, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Electronic design automation, Consumer electronics, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Manufacturing, Packaging, Engineering, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Materials, Ceramic materials, Semiconductor devices, Nitrides, Superhard materials, Gallium nitride, Silicon carbide, Semiconductor, Integrated circuit, Brazing

StratEdge Corporation , leader in the design and production of high-performance semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed digital devices, announces the increased capacity for manufacturing the small outline thermally enhanced alumina/glass sidewall packages for power semiconductors.

Key Points: 
  • StratEdge Corporation , leader in the design and production of high-performance semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed digital devices, announces the increased capacity for manufacturing the small outline thermally enhanced alumina/glass sidewall packages for power semiconductors.
  • The increased capacity is in direct response to increased requests for the product line.
  • The new line of packages can be used for silicon, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, and other compound semiconductors in power integrated circuit applications.
  • These thermally enhanced packages are designed for reliability and to mitigate the inherent stresses of brazing dissimilar materials together.

World's First: Green Science Alliance Developed Graphene Quantum Dot + Silica Composite Material for White LED

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Emerging technologies, Physical sciences, Quantum mechanics, Materials, Monolayers, Graphene, Superhard materials, Aromatic compounds, Potential applications of graphene, Quantum dot, Graphene production techniques

This time, Mr. Hirohisa Iwabayashi and Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. developed graphene quantum dot + silica composite material for white LED.

Key Points: 
  • This time, Mr. Hirohisa Iwabayashi and Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. developed graphene quantum dot + silica composite material for white LED.
  • This is the first time in the world in which applying graphene or carbon based quantum dot + silica composite material, for white LED material.
  • Quantum dot is also said to be expensive although the raw material of graphene quantum dot can be relatively cheap.
  • Green Science Alliance will start supplying this newly innovative graphene quantum dot based composite materials in Japan and to all over the world, to expand their quantum dot business.

SINTX Technologies announces a fabric technology shown to inactivate upon contact SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Materials, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Ceramic materials, Superhard materials, Nitrides, Silicon nitride, Ceramic, Sintering, Silicon

Earlier tests had shown that sintered silicon nitride powders reduced viral loads by as much as 99.9%, starting at one minute after exposure to silicon nitride.

Key Points: 
  • Earlier tests had shown that sintered silicon nitride powders reduced viral loads by as much as 99.9%, starting at one minute after exposure to silicon nitride.
  • SINTX believes that products made of its fabrics will inactivate trapped pathogens and reduce the risk of disease transmission.
  • SINTX Technologies is an OEM ceramics company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride for medical and non-medical applications.
  • The core strength of SINTX Technologies is the manufacturing, research, and development of silicon nitride ceramics for external partners.

SINTX Submits Master Access File to FDA for Silicon Nitride-Polymer Composite Material

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Materials, Chemistry, Matter, Nitrides, Ceramic materials, Superhard materials, Silicon nitride, Ceramic, Nitride, Boron

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SINTX Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SINT) (SINTX or the Company) ( www.sintx.com ), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of silicon nitride ceramic, announced its FDA submission of a Master Access File (MAF) for a new Silicon Nitride Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) composite material (SN-PEEK).

Key Points: 
  • SALT LAKE CITY, UT, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SINTX Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SINT) (SINTX or the Company) ( www.sintx.com ), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of silicon nitride ceramic, announced its FDA submission of a Master Access File (MAF) for a new Silicon Nitride Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) composite material (SN-PEEK).
  • SN-PEEK is an innovative material platform that combines the best of two materials that are used to make spinal fusion implants, i.e., silicon nitride and PEEK.
  • The core strength of SINTX Technologies is the manufacturing, research, and development of silicon nitride ceramics for external partners.
  • For more informationon SINTX Technologies or its silicon nitride material platform, please visit www.sintx.com .

Hyperion Materials & Technologies announces election of Robert L. Wood to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Materials, Matter, Chemistry, Superhard materials, Boron compounds, Nitrides, Carbides, Boron, Cemented carbide, Nitride

WORTHINGTON, Ohio, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Hyperion Materials & Technologies today announced that Robert L. Wood has joined the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • WORTHINGTON, Ohio, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Hyperion Materials & Technologies today announced that Robert L. Wood has joined the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • Mr. Wood is a Partner of The McChrystal Group, a consulting firm specializing in leadership development for business organizations.
  • "Bob brings a wealth of experience to Hyperion through his many years in leadership roles at world-class specialty materials companies," said Ron Voigt, CEO of Hyperion.
  • Hyperion Materials & Technologies is a global leader in hard and super-hard materials with more than 60 years of experience in cemented carbide, diamond and cubic boron nitride technologies.