Techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) enable materials scientists to study individual atoms in polymers, observe dynamic surface phenomena on the nanoscale, and explore intricate patterns in polymer samples’ nanostructured surfaces.
The aerospace industry is increasingly turning to fiber optics to bear data and communications in the avionics systems of next-generation aircraft. This is due to the technology’s clear size, weight and power (SWaP) advantages.
For technology to continue to progress and benefit people worldwide, we need to find and develop sustainable materials to build the devices we are using daily. Photonics – devices employing the technical applications of light in electrical systems – is by no means an outlier in this problem, and sustainable materials for photonics are needed now more than ever.
According to scientists writing in a recent special issue of the journal Molecules, features in the elemental composition of different wines are mostly related to their regions of origin.