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Dec 13, 2022 | Industry News
Researchers at ETH Zurich develops an ultrathin, gold-based transparent coating that is able to convert sunlight into heat. It can be applied to glass and other surfaces to prevent them from...
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Nov 10, 2022 | Industry News
As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report that they have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence...
Sep 28, 2022 | Article
By SpecialChem
Hear from Arno Schut, Innovation Manager at Axcentive where he shares his insights on Axcentive's new innovations related to nanotechnology and functional materials that have been developed for...
Oct 18, 2022 | Product News
Arkema presents rheology and specialty additives offering to support customers seeking high-performance and more sustainable solutions for a broad range of applications. The new offering has a...
Oct 11, 2022 | Product News
C3Nano announces a new breakthrough formulation that can be cured rapidly at ambient conditions to produce highly conductive coatings on a variety of temperature sensitive substrates. Excellent...
Sep 26, 2022 | Industry News
Researchers at Tufts University have developed a method to make silk-based materials that refuse to stick to water, or almost anything else containing water. The modified silk, which can be molded...
Sep 19, 2022 | Product News
Henkel announces a new formulation within its Bergquist microTIM mTIM 1000 series micro-thermal interface coating portfolio. The materials offer significant reductions in functional heat experienced...
Sep 16, 2022 | Industry News
University of Michigan researchers publishes a study documenting the effectiveness of their newly developed durable disinfectant coating. The disinfectant kills 99.9% of microbes, including after...
Sep 14, 2022 | Industry News
A new copper coating that kills bacteria quicker and in greater amounts than current formulations could soon be available for high-traffic facilities. A team of UBC researchers have designed a...
Henkel completed the acquisition of the US-based advanced materials start-up NBD Nanotechnologies Inc. NBD Nano, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, has expertise in developing surface...