Owing to its high toxicity, the chemistry of element number four, beryllium, is poorly understood. However, as the lightest elements provide the basis for fundamental ...

Researchers converted layered MXenes into chemically bonded solids using metal intercalation, boosting thermal stability and performance in zinc-iodine batteries. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Two-dimensional ...

Researchers show that chemical bonds on platinum surfaces are influenced by structural features up to roughly 10 nanometers ...

Design engineers are often faced with tricky applications that require bare metals to be bonded, and it can be tough to find products that can achieve this without extensive surface preparation. The ...

A quartet of chemists at the University of Oxford has, for the first time, found a way to get two beryllium atoms to bond with one another in a complex compound. In their paper published in the ...

Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have stretched a chain of gold atoms by a record-breaking 46%, providing direct evidence of how fundamental ...

Spirit AeroSystems. has filed a patent for a method of bonding metallic components together to form a single piece. The method involves protecting the bonding surfaces, applying a force to push the ...

Dow Automotive Systems has extended its technology for carbon-fiber bonding solutions by adding an injection bonding technique for Betaforce composite bonding adhesives. This development should enable ...

A new donor-acceptor bonding framework shows how oxidized metals and functionalized polymers can form stronger hybrid joints for lightweight engineering. Paper: Elucidation of the intrinsic electronic ...

Learn essential metalworking skills in this practical DIY workshop tutorial. Watch how to remove rivets from metal strips, properly prepare surfaces for bonding with a belt sander, and use Kombi ...