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1 Aug 2024
INERATEC
INERATEC GmbH is a German technology company developing e-fuel production technology and facilities globally. The company's core technology is its micro-structured Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor.
Background
4 May 2023
Primobius
Primobius is a battery recycling company, based in Germany.
11 Oct 2022
Newly Developed Smart Polymers Have Life-Like Properties
Although just cute little creatures at first glance, the microscopic geckos and octopuses fabricated by 3D laser printing could open up new opportunities in fields such as microrobotics or biomedicine. The printed microstructures are made from novel materials - known as smart polymers - whose size and mechanical properties can be tuned on demand and with high precision.
14 Sep 2022
Printing Highly Reflective Mirrors
Dielectric mirrors, also referred to as Bragg mirrors, reflect light nearly completely. Hence, they are suited for various applications, such as camera systems and sensor systems for microscopy and medical technologies. So far, such mirrors have been produced by complex processes in expensive vacuum devices. Researchers now are the first to print Bragg mirrors of high quality with inkjet printers. This may pave the way towards the digital manufacture of customized mirrors.
13 Sep 2022
Recycling Materials: Turning Old Batteries into New Ones
Sustainability of electric mobility largely depends on the batteries. They contain important resources, such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. More than 90% of the materials used in lithium-ion batteries can be recycled.
5 Jul 2022
Bosch Develops First 3D Printed Ceramic Microreactor
A 3D-printing premiere: together with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the chemicals company BASF, Bosch has successfully produced the first-ever 3D printed microreactor made of technical ceramics. Microreactors are devices for housing chemical reactions. In terms of heat, stability, and corrosion, few materials can withstand the extreme conditions caused by high-temperature chemical reactions.
External press release
16 Mar 2022
An International Standard for Measuring the Flatness of Graphene
Graphene is often portrayed as the ultimate conductor, thanks to its flexibility and to its excellent conductivity. However, research has shown that the electrical and the structural quality of graphene are intimately connected, and that nanoscale lattice deformations caused by surface corrugations limit the mobility of electrons in graphene.
External press release
28 Jan 2022
Nanoscribe Launches Quantum X Align High Precision 3D Printer
The Quantum X align is the first 3D printer with advanced 3D alignment capabilities that enables the printing of freeform microoptical elements directly onto optical fibers and photonic chips, setting new standards in the design and fabrication of microoptical elements.
External press release
21 Sep 2021
Nanoscribe Introduces the Quantum X shape, an Ultra-Precise 3D Printer
Nanoscribe, a BICO company, announced the launch of the Quantum X shape, a high-precision 3D printer for rapid prototyping and wafer-scale batch production. With the Quantum X shape, high-precision 3D printing becomes significantly more efficient in terms of printing on wafers up to 6 inches in size.
24 May 2021
3D Printing Technique Keeps Brittle Tungsten Crack-Free
Tungsten has many excellent properties. It resists corrosion, and its melting point of 3422 °C is the highest of all metals, making it an ideal material for components that operate at extreme temperatures. There is a problem, though: it is highly brittle at room temperature, which means it is hard to process using conventional techniques.