Successive waves of soaring valuations for technology-focused stocks at times have left basic materials producers looking like part of a sector with a proud past but a lackluster future. Those earlier ...

Chinese scientists have found a way to squeeze metals into ultra-thin sheets – no more than a few atoms thick. Some experts believe the feat could revolutionise the way electronic devices are made, ...

Sustainability must scale. Prototype-level sustainability is easy to claim, but industrial-scale consistency is the true measure. PCE’s continuous reel-to-reel process produces thousands of identical ...

Sheets of metal just two atoms thick can be produced by squashing molten droplets at great pressure between two sapphires. The researchers who developed the process say the unusual materials could ...

A new version of the periodic table showcases the predicted properties of 2-D metals, an obscure class of synthetic materials. Arrayed in 1-atom-thick sheets, most of these 2-D metals have yet to be ...

Panoramic Inc. has invested in an extrusion line at its Janesville, Wis., plant to cut costs and reduce waste. The company recently began running a 5-inch, rebuilt extruder to make PET sheet from ...