At the University of California/Davis, The Moulé Group is investigating the patterning and solution processing of organic electronic materials for use in equipment like chemical sensors, ...

Negative-stiffness mechanical isolators can be used for achieving high-performance vibration isolation in a small microscope platform. It can be challenging to use microscopy for imaging materials, ...

Technology advances have steadily been implemented to improve the performance of commercial atomic force microscopes (AFMs) since the release of the first commercial model about 30 years ago. Now, the ...

In this interview, Erik Runge, Director of Engineering at Minus K Technology talks to AZoNano about their range of Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolators and why they are the preferred solution for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Angstrom-level accuracy is needed to stabilize platforms used in applications like microelectromechanical system testing, nanoscale metrology and semiconductor fabrication tools. One ...

Researchers have developed a novel negative-stiffness isolation device that offers a pioneering solution for seismic protection. The device, designed to provide multidirectional negative stiffness and ...

Abstract: This report contains the following: (a) a description of the development and operation of the NSD, (b) analytical and computational tools that describe the behavior of the device, (c) ...

Keywords: negative stiffness device, adaptive passive control, highway bridge seismic isolation, seismic protection, shake table testing Abstract: The primary focus of this research is to analyze, ...

Elliot Scientific, one of the UK's leading suppliers of scientific equipment, is introducing a new, versatile, ultra-low-natural-frequency optical table isolation support system to researchers in the ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo reveal the way our legs adapt to fast movements. When people hop at high speeds, key muscle fibers in the calf shorten rather than lengthen as forces increase, ...