Micrometer

Scientists at National University discuss research in surface science.
Chemicals & Chemistry; 12/25/2009; 1040 words; ...q-conical profile to that of a prolate hemispheroid, and eventual tip splitting. Scanning electron micrographs at the micrometer scale of single silver needle tips from potentiostatic runs showed either a defined crystallography or an irregular topography...

Research from Laurentian University in science and technology provides new insights.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 754 words; ...interaction between silicate minerals in acidic soils, aquifers, and mine tailings," scientists in Sudbury, Canada report. "Micrometer thick, hydrous-silica coatings occur on the surface of a granite outcrop in contact with acidic pond water at the Coppercliff...

Researchers at Yale University release new data on environment and water.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 743 words; ...tracer," scientists in the United States report. "We measured the migration of bromide (a conservative solute tracer) and micrometer-sized titanium-dioxide particles under three seasonal flow regimes in second-order stream in Connecticut. A one-dimensional...

GLITTER-SIZED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS PRODUCE COMPETITIVE RESULTS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/25/2009; 1592 words; ...photovoltaic cells - these are from 14 to 20 micrometers thick and 0.25 to 1 millimeter across...highly efficient devices. From 14 to 20 micrometers thick (a human hair is approximately 70 micrometers thick), they are 10 times thinner than...

Research conducted at C. Aulin and co-authors has provided new information about materials and interfaces.
Journal of Engineering; 12/23/2009; 749 words; "Structured silicon surfaces, possessing hierarchical porous characteristics consisting of micrometer-sized cavities superimposed upon a network of nanometer-sized pillars or wires, have been fabricated by a plasma-etching...