Word: silicones
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tyco Laboratories, Inc. of Waltham, Mass., has developed a laser that seems to have the necessary simplicity. Invented by Drs. A. I. Mlavsky and L. B. Griffiths, it is a .02-in. cube of silicon carbide (carborundum), 4Two opposite sides are carefully polished, and electrodes are attached to antfcher two. When a weak direct current of electricity is passed through the cube, a thin line in its center glows with green-blue light. But this is not pure laser light. It is merely ordinary mixed-up light of varying frequencies. When the current passes a critical strength...
...company research moves so fast that it makes a company's own products obsolete. Du Pont's Dacron is giving tough competition to the company's nylon and rayon, and Du Pont has decided to give up making rayon altogether. General Electric's recently announced silicon transistor will sell for half the price of its own germanium transistor...
...Silicon Life. When JPL's space denizens have learned to land softly on the moon, they can do the same on Mars, studying or even fighting off any kind of life that exists there. That life may be based on unfamiliar chemistry, perhaps using silicon in place of carbon and some other solvent in place of water. After Mars, comes Jupiter, the monster planet that seems to be bursting with unexplained commotion...
Rochow's research will involve work with semi-inorganic polymers, based on a framework of silicon and nitrogen atoms. He will be working with research and post-doctoral fellows and two undergraduates...
While in Japan, Rochow will visit laboratories where silicon polymers are being studied. He has not yet accepted any lecture invitations...