Surface properties dictate a vast array of material characteristics that are crucial to performance, durability, and intended functionality across diverse industries. Properties such as friction, wear ...

Discover why surface chemistry matters and how XPS imaging modes enable deeper insight into materials performance.

Optical 3D metrology enables fast, non-contact surface roughness measurement of defects and roughness for precise ...

Engineering material surface properties can influence some of the most important characteristics of materials, such as corrosion resistance, adhesion, color, conductivity, biocompatibility, and many ...

A new synthesis of seismic research shows that artificial intelligence, when combined with physical principles, is rapidly ...

Interactions between iron, water, oxygen and ions quickly become complex. MTU scientists developed a more precise method to observe how iron minerals like rust form. One can easily see with the naked ...

Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis is a widely used technique for measuring the specific surface area and porosity of materials, particularly in the field of nanotechnology. It is based on the ...

Aristotle’s postulate that “nature abhors a vacuum” could be used to explain why X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has not found routine application in the analysis of biological samples. The ...