The Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Spain has developed dye-sensitized solar cells. These cells are also called as dye solar cells (DSC).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Dec 2011
Novelis will invest around $50 million for erecting a coating line for beverage can end stock at Pindamonhangaba facilities in Brazil.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Dec 2011
A first-of-its-kind certified reference material has been released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for single-wall carbon nanotube soot, which is a valuable source of single-wall carbon nanotubes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Dec 2011
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Update on Polymers for Ocular Drug Delivery.
The Conference, the world's largest annual laboratory science conference and exposition, will have an estimated 1,000 exhibitors, 2,000 presentations, attendees from more than 90 countries and the attention of the world as new discoveries are unveiled.
Eastman Chemical Company has recently laid the foundation of a new plant in Heifei, China to manufacture acetate tow. The new facility will be operated and owned by Eastman Shuangwei Fibers Company (ESFCL), which is a partnership firm with China National Tobacco, and it is estimated to generate 30,000 t of acetate tow on the completion of the plant.
Mechel, a Russian metal and mining company has installed the blooming concaster #5 with 1 Mt annual capacity at the oxygen converter shop of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant to ensure supply of continuously cast, superior quality billets.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has launched an innovative, durable, highly transparent, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film known as SpallShield CPET having a proprietary hard coat to ensure scratch resistance.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
Cabot is shutting down operations of its masterbatch plant in Hong Kong on March 31, 2012, and shifting to its new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, according to an announcement made by company officials. From April 2012, the entire range of Cabot’s masterbatch products that were produced in China will be manufactured in Tianjin.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
Silicone molding products have a number of significant benefits for industries globally. Silicone products find applications in industry, food, medicine, electronics and several others in products like catheters, seals, respirators, food containers and car components.
Arch Biopartners and its affiliate Arch Biophysics have declared that Arch researchers have prevented the formation of biofilm on titanium with the help of the company's own peptide technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
Dr. Wong Ka-hing, who serves as Associate Director at the Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as well as an Assistant Professor at the university’s Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, has used the polysaccharide-protein complex derived from the sclerotium of the African Tiger Milk mushroom to synthesize high-stability selenium nanoparticles that are capable of decelerating the breast cancer cell growth by apoptosis.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha (EMYK) has declared that in the year 2012, Japan Butyl company (JBC), has expanded its halobutyl rubber facility’s production rate to about 80,000 t annually from its manufacturing facility located at kashima. In five years, this production increase is the second turn in the halobutyl rubber facility at Kashima.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
At the Façade Tectonics #7 conference, PPG highlighted the results from a study demonstrating the energy savings achieved through the usage of advanced low-emissivity glasses.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011
Scientists have been trying to achieve artificial photosynthesis for the generation of solar hydrogen. The process of photosynthesis uses water and carbon dioxide to convert solar energy into storable fuel. Researchers have been endeavoring to imitate and implement this process for photo-electrochemical cells (PEC) and similar energy device applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Dec 2011