Hutchinson SRL, a Rivoli, Italy-based supplier of fluid transfer systems, has specified a renewably sourced long-chain nylon grade of DuPont for the manufacturing of fuel lines utilized in both biodiesel and diesel engines.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Oct 2011
The Dow Chemical Company’s four business units, Dow Microbial Control, Dow Coating Materials, Dow Construction Chemicals and ANGUS Chemical Company, will display their innovative coating products at the Western Coatings Symposium (WCS) to be conducted from 24 to 26 October 2011 in Las Vegas.
The dramatic influence of polymer processing conditions on the performance of polymer solar cells is highlighted by a new paper in the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics.
Hot Isostatic Pressing of metal powders is a dynamic industry sector with many of its leading companies based in Europe. The European PM HIP Group (EPHG), a part of the European Powder Metallurgy Association, has now lau...
In future, Springer will be working closely with the Edanz Group, an editing service for scientific manuscripts, thus stepping up its hands-on support for authors. The Edanz Group helps international authors whose first ...
In a research led by Kaustav Banerjee, University of California-Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Electrical and Computer Engineering professor and Director of Nanoelectronics Research Lab, a team of scientists have developed a new method of growing graphene in a restricted manner to make it suitable for large scale use in electronic applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Oct 2011
US-based PolyOne, specialising in polymer materials and providing related solutions and services, announced that it will expand its business of additives, inks and global colour in the Middle East through a joint venture with a company called E.A.Juffali & Brothers Company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Oct 2011
A research team headed by Kripa Varanasi, who is the Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has discovered that sintering of copper particles in air resulted in the formation of bristles growing outward.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Oct 2011
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have come up with a new method to fill the electrodes that are present in lithium ion batteries. Electrodes in batteries are filled with pores measuring the size of a micrometer.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Oct 2011
CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-financed nanoscience institution located at Trinity College Dublin, has proclaimed that it has entered into a new strategic collaboration with Ceram, an UK-based company providing materials analysis, testing and consultancy services.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Oct 2011
When standard PBT grades that outgas at high temperatures are used for reflectors or bezels of especially hot headlights, fogging of the lens may result and reduce the light output of the headlight. On the one hand, automobile headlights have now become design elements with complex aesthetic forms.
Some 600 people at the plenary session of Euro PM 2011 in Barcelona saw EPMA President Mr Ingo Cremer present the EPMA Distinguished Service Awards for 2011 to Professor Francisco Castro of CEIT, San Sebastian, Spain and...
Specified to meet the stringent requirements of today’s pharmaceutical industry for secure, reliable particle size analysis, the new Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction system from Malvern Panalytical provides a single platform that can be used throughout the drug development cycle, with easy transfer of methods from R&D right through to QC.
Teijin Aramid is today introducing its latest unidirectional laminate fabric, Twaron® UD41. It has been specially developed for bulletproof vests to provide extra protection from different types of attack, for groups such as soldiers or police units, and even private citizens who require such protection.
The vibrant city of Barcelona was host to this year's Euro PM Congress organised and hosted by the European Powder Metallurgy Association. A truly international event it included delegates from nearly 50 countries in...