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| Environmentally safer catalyst proves more active in hydrogen production |
16 March 2005 - Ohio State University
Ohio State University engineers have developed a chemical catalyst that increases hydrogen production without using a toxic metal common to other catalysts. |
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| 'Bumpy' glass could lead to self-cleaning windows, slick micromachines |
18 January 2005 - Ohio State University
Scanning electron micrograph image of the surface of a lotus leaf. Ohio State University engineers are using the bumpy leaf as a model for slick, water-repellent surfaces. |
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| 'Brick wall' helps explain how corrosion spreads through alloy |
15 November 2004 - Ohio State University
Ohio State University researchers have developed a statistical model of the deterioration and simulated it on computer, using what may seem like an unlikely analogy - a cracking brick wall – and are finding new insights into how microscopic corrosion attacks an aluminium alloy commonly used in aircraft. |
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| Glass semiconductor softens with low-power laser, then re-hardens |
07 September 2004 - Ohio State University
Scientists at Ohio State University have found that a special type of glass that is finding use in the electronics industry softens when exposed to very low-level laser light, and hardens back into its original condition when the light is switched off. |
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| Paint absorbs corrosion-causing chemicals |
23 August 2004 - Ohio State University
Engineers at Ohio State University have incorporated clay and other chemicals into a paint that keeps metal from corroding -- and reveals when an airplane, boat, or bridge needs to be repainted. Though the paint is still under development, early tests have shown that it prevents corrosion just as well as commercial paints that are less environmentally friendly. |
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| Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds |
14 June 2004 - Ohio State University
Medical implants – from catheters that deliver long-term life support to joint replacements – may work better when their surfaces are on the rough side, new research suggests. |
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| 50-year-old magnetic mystery solved; quantum structure obeys classical physics |
06 January 2004 - Ohio State University
Ohio State University physicists and their colleagues have demonstrated for the first time a type of magnetic behaviour that was predicted to exist more than 50 years ago. |
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| New look at layered material lends insight to silicon |
01 December 2003 - Ohio State University
Engineers at Ohio State University and their colleagues have taken an unprecedented look at the interface between layers of silicon and other materials in electronic devices. |
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| Engineers take new look at strength of industrial glass fibre |
25 February 2003 - Ohio State University
An Ohio State University engineer and his colleagues have discovered something new about a 50-year-old type of fibreglass: it may be more than one and a half times stronger than previously thought. |
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