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New Design Guide for Liquid and Powder Coil and Extrusion Coatings

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has published a new guide specification for its liquid and powder coil and extrusion coatings. PPG is the first coatings company to make selection and specification of f...

2 Jul 2008

PolyOne Streamlines Operations

PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced on June 30, 2008 the streamlining of its management and segment organization as well as the presentation of its ...

2 Jul 2008

Microsphere Technology License Technology for Aerospace Paint Additives

Microsphere Technology, the Edinburgh-based technology company, has signed an intellectual property licence deal worth in excess of $1m with Trelleborg Engineered Systems, part of Sweden’s Trelleborg Group AB. M...

1 Jul 2008

Nanocopoeia to Co-Develop biomedical uses of Arborescent Polyisobutylene-Based Block Copolymers

Following the launch at BIO International in San Diego last week of NanoInterventions, their cardiovascular joint venture partnership, Nanocopoeia and WORLDiscoveries(TM) are pleased to announce their broader agreement t...

28 Jun 2008

Significant Advancement in the Application of Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible Electronics

The Chair of Display Technology, Universitaet Stuttgart, and Nano-Proprietary, Inc.'s subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. announce significant advancement in the application of carbon nanotubes for the flexible electro...

28 Jun 2008

Self Assembling Metals into Complex Nanostructures

For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid. Now, Cornell rese...

28 Jun 2008

Photoresists for Next Generation Semiconductors More Sensitive than First Believed

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as sensitive as previously believed.

26 Jun 2008

Dow Corning Molykote Celebrate 60 Years of Lubrication

For 60 years, the Molykote® brand lubricants team from Dow Corning has promoted the benefits of proper lubricants and lubrication services for customers around the world.

26 Jun 2008

Explanations as to Why Diamond Films are so Slippery

They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides w...

25 Jun 2008

Diamond Technologies Receive More Orders for HFCVD Diamond Reactors

Gaining momentum from recent orders and installations, sp3 Diamond Technologies, Inc. (sp3), a leading supplier of diamond film products, equipment and services, today announced two new orders for its Model 650 hot filam...

25 Jun 2008

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