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The Perstorp Group To Showcase At Chinacoat 2013

The Perstorp Group, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will be showcasing its new Neopentyl Glycol (Neo) and innovative Capa™ polyols for PU coatings & stoving enamels at Chinacoat 2013. Considerable invest...

From Perstorp Holding AB 14 Nov 2013

State Of Texas Funding Received By Element’s O&G Materials Technology Center

Element’s new Oil & Gas Materials Technology Center, located on a 5.3 acre campus adjacent to the Houston energy corridor, is to benefit from a $1 million investment from the state of Texas to research the application of high performance polymers for energy applications.

From Element Materials Technology 14 Nov 2013

Antiseptic and Antibacterial Polymers from Parx Plastics to be Distributed by Nexeo Solutions

Nexeo Solutions, a global leader in plastics distribution, announced that it will distribute Parx Plastics’ materials in Europe. Parx Plastics is a producer of revolutionary antibacterial polymers. The agreement en...

From Univar Solutions LLC 14 Nov 2013

Xenon Corporation to Demo Roll-to-Roll Sintering System at Printed Electronics 2013, Santa Clara

XENON Corporation, the world leader in pulsed light technology, announced it will feature live demonstrations of the world’s first large scale R2R pulsed light sintering system at this year’s Printed Electron...

From Xenon Corporation 14 Nov 2013

ACS Podcast Highlights More Sustainable Source of Key Ingredients for Plastics

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series highlights a first-of-its-kind process that can convert vegetable and animal fats and oils into a key ingredient for plastics. The development could lead to a more sustainable source of the ingredient, which currently comes from petroleum.

14 Nov 2013

ams Announces Updated Schedule for its IC Prototyping Service, Multi-Project Wafer

Multi-project prototyping service offers large cost savings as manufacturing costs are shared between multiple users

14 Nov 2013

New Technique Generates High-Resolution Protein Structure from Tiny Crystals

For structural biologists, the first step in determining a protein's precise molecular structure is often the hardest: coaxing the protein to grow into the orderly, three-dimensional crystals that are the starting material for most structural studies. For particularly difficult cases, it can take years to generate usable crystals – and sometimes the protein never crystallizes despite intense effort. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have developed a new method that generates a high-resolution protein structure from crystals one-million times smaller than those needed for X-ray crystallography, the most common method for determining protein structure.

14 Nov 2013

New Liquid Can Quickly Dissolve Semiconductors

Semiconductors, the foundation of modern electronics used in flat-screen TVs and fighter jets, could become even more versatile as researchers make headway on a novel, inexpensive way to turn them into thin films. Their report on a new liquid that can quickly dissolve nine types of key semiconductors appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

14 Nov 2013

Novel Microchip Fabrication Technique Using DC-Augmented Capacitively Coupled Plasma Source

Advanced plasma-based etching is a key enabler of Moore's Law that observes that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles nearly every two years. It is the plasma's ability to reproduce fine patterns on silicon that makes this scaling possible and has made plasma sources ubiquitous in microchip manufacturing.

14 Nov 2013

Researchers Successfully Develop High Strength/Low Biodegradable Alloy for Medical Devices

This biodegradable and bioabsorbable metal decomposes from 6 months to 2 years after being transplanted into human body and hence, medical devices made with these materials are expected to reshape the landscape in the field of fracture treatment, as it reminders second operation to take out the device after patient recovery obsolete.

14 Nov 2013

Eastman Chemical Dedicates New Specialty Fluids Testing Laboratory in Singapore

Eastman Chemical Company today announced the opening of a new specialty fluids testing lab for Eastman Therminol® heat transfer fluids and Eastman Skydrol® aviation hydraulic fluids in Singapore. The new lab will service customers in the Asia Pacific region, providing local technical support and in-service fluids testing that is critical in high performance systems using these fluids.

From Eastman 14 Nov 2013

Study Results Provide New Insights into Plasma Disruptions

In the quest for fusion energy on earth, researchers use magnetic fields to insulate hot plasma from the walls of the chamber to maintain the reaction and prevent damage to interior surfaces. In the tokamak, a leading contender to achieve a sustained fusion burn, electrical currents flowing in the plasma inside the doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber can become unstable if the plasma current or pressure gets too high or the control system breaks, leading to a sudden termination of the discharge. This sudden termination, called a disruption, can produce concentrated heating and mechanical forces on a section of the interior surface, forcing the plant to shut down for repairs.

14 Nov 2013

Potentially Disruptive Technology to Produce More-Efficient, Cheaper Solar Cells

American innovators still have some cards to play when it comes to squeezing more efficiency and lower costs out of silicon, the workhorse of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 14 Nov 2013

Dow Corning to Exhibit High-Performance Building Solutions at Construct Canada

The demand for more energy-efficient living and working space – smartly designed and built better and greener – is creating great opportunities and tough challenges for the construction industry worldwide. Dow Corning Corporation – a global leader with recognized success developing silicones and other silicon-based technologies for high-performance building – is helping the industry with not only a range of innovative materials, but also with application expertise and broad technical support.

From Dow Corning 14 Nov 2013

New Developments In The Vrieco Nauta Vacuum Dryer

Now developed to be more than just a dryer, the Vrieco Nauta Vacuum Dryer is capable of performing a wide range of different processes including filtration, high temperature and vacuum sterilisation, steam stripping, chemical and crystallisation reactions and vacuum drying – all in one machine.

From Hosokawa Micron Ltd 14 Nov 2013