After announcing last April a method for growing exceptionally long, straight,
numerous and well-aligned carbon cylinders only a few atoms thick, a Duke
University-led team of chemists has now modified that process to create
exclusively semiconducting versions of these single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Researchers at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for controlling the nature
of graphene, bringing academia and industry potentially one step closer to realizing
the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics.
The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That’s how physicist Marius Trouwborst from the University of Groningen sums up the results of his PhD research on electric curr...
Silicone sealants and coatings from Dow
Corning are working behind the scenes to help construction engineers combat
and repair weather damage to large, stately building façades in India.
Dow Corning
recently introduced Dow Corning® IE-2404 Emulsion, a new chemistry that
improves performance in silicone resin emulsion paints when used as a co-binder.
Formulators of paint and facade renders will achieve significant benefits using
this emulsion, including lower water absorption, increased permeability to water
vapor, improved weatherability, and reduced dirt pickup.
Hypertherm, the world leader in plasma arc metal cutting technology, is building upon its industry leading HyPerformance® technology with the launch of the industry's first HyPerformance 400 amp system.
Texture Plus, the
maker of high impact textured faux stone panels, introduces new Stacked Stone
Corners. The new line of Stacked Stone Corners are designed to coordinate perfectly
with the popular line of faux Stacked Stone panels.
Hydro
will establish a research and training center in Qatar, called the Hydro Technology
Center. The center will be located at the Qatar Science & Technology Park
in Doha, and is scheduled to open this spring. An agreement between Hydro and
Qatar Science & Technology Park was signed on Wednesday.
An education center at Dow
Corning’s manufacturing site in the UK has been awarded Eco-Center
status because of the high level of sustainability practices it follows.
As a leading global partner to the construction industry, BASF
is exhibiting at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
from January 19 to 21, 2009. The event is hosted by the project organization
for the future city of Masdar, which aims to set new standards with a zero-carbon
energy supply system. Masdar is scheduled to be ready for occupation by 50,000
people in 2016.
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