Ford Motor Company is an American multi-national automaker that recently announced a plan to invest US$22 billion through 2025 in the electrification of their mobility products. The ChallengeIn electric vehicles (EVs), new processing methods for gears must convert the high-force torque from electric motors to the RPMs at the wheel. This much be achieved while also reaching the consumer's intended...
Automotive & Materials
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Accelerating material discovery through rapid material prototyping
Accelerating the development of new nanostructured materials is key in solving some of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. By introducing a fully automated and reproducible production process of new nanostructured materials, VSPARTICLE is helping researchers to accelerate their exploration of the material world and explore unique quantum properties. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fl-7AMM4oDY -
A paradigm shift in electrocatalyst synthesis
Solid catalysts are at the heart of 90 % today’s energy and chemical industries. Catalysts have a vital role in both established and emerging industrial processes and remain indispensable as we develop new processes while addressing societies greatest challenges linked to sustainable energy production and climate change. Developing new and more efficient electrocatalysts is an essential step to securing a... -
VSP P1 Nanostructured Material Printer – the ultimate tool for material development
When connected to the output of the VSP-G1, the VSP-P1 enables you to print inorganic nanostructured materials with novel properties. The material is built-up of sub 20nm pure particles, and can be printed in patterns locally on any type of substrate. The ability to locally deposit nanoporous thin films with a high surface-to-volume ratio in an additive manner greatly simplifies the manufacturing... -
Generating and Depositing nanoparticles with a push of a button
Spark ablation technology is a physics-based process, generating pure particles in a very controlled setting, without the use of chemicals. The spark ablation process used inside the VSP-G1 Nanoparticle Generator (VSP-G1) is a purely physical process that only requires electricity, a carrier gas and electrode material to produce clean nanoparticles. No additional chemicals are required for the production or to... -
Enhancing SERS Through Nanostructured Materials
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a highly-sensitive detection technique which can contribute greatly to the development of chemical and biological sensing applications in many different fields. Those fields include among others, food analysis, medical diagnosis, forensics, environmental monitoring, and even fine art preservation. Due to Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR), SERS substrates provide orders of magnitude electromagnetic enhancement in Raman... -
Colour capabilities of the Zygo Nexview for corrosion investigation
Researchers at Imperial College and Rolls-Royce have investigated the nature of blue corrosion areas in Ti alloys used in aerospace applications. After extensive investigation using Light Optical Microscopy (LOM) and Secondary Electron Imaging (SEI) they were able to identify the same blue area with both techniques. The LOM shows the area well but gives no surface topography, whereas because the...