Composite materials have attracted much interest because of the emergent properties originating from the components. A variety of methods have been studied to control the morphology of composites ...

While the phenomenon of phase separation has historically been a problem for glass producers, it is now known to offer advantages in the production of certain materials such as glass ceramics and ...

While most solar cells on the market today are based on silicon, energy engineers have recently been assessing the ...

Numerous industrial processes make use of blends. Researchers have studied how the external electric field affects the rate of component separation in blends composed of polymers and liquid crystals ...

A new method to evaluate the role of fractional crystallization is presented in this paper, based on the Rayleigh Law for trace elements. A major element "j" (x) and a trace element "i" (y) of a set ...

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A team of researchers has developed a new type of material that could make the process of separating gases cleaner and more ...

Chemical engineers have developed a new way to manufacture zeolitic membranes, state-of-the-art materials used for gas separation in harsh conditions. Zeolites are porous minerals that occur both ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 103, No. 51 (Dec. 19, 2006), pp. 19243-19248 (6 pages) High-throughput screening and optimization experiments are ...