Fewer sleepless nights for millions of children and their parents, fewer tears, and more convenience – these are the "dry facts" achieved by a special chemical product: superabsorbent polymers, the technological secret behind the worldwide success of disposable diapers.
A newly discovered technique makes it possible to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties.
PolyOne delivers a clear advantage for medical devices with new transparent OnColor HC Plus.
Clariant offers papermakers new deposit control solutions with the addition of Cartaspers SCH and Cartabond DST.01 to its range.
A European Union (EU)- funded research project will this month start developing a prototype polymer-zinc car battery, significantly lighter, safer and more environment-friendly than existing batteries.
DuPont has raised the performance of engineering polymers to a new level with the global launch of DuPont Vespel SCP-5009 polyimide shapes.
The solar power industry is continuing to grow exponentially worldwide and a total 16,000 MW of PV systems were installed globally in 2010, up from 7,200 MW in 2009. This expansion is expected to continue into 2011 according to Kerry Setterthwaite, Senior Consultant at Applied Market Information (AMI).
Velox to distribute a new generation of halogen free static control polymers for ESD protection, EX safety and dust prevention.
Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology discovered a nanomedicine breakthrough in which new types of polymers were shown to physically detect and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infectious diseases like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA.
A team led by Christoph Weder, a materials scientist at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, has developed a type of rubbery plastic that “self heals” when exposed to ultraviolet light. The material might one day be incorporated into varnish, paint or mobile phone covers.
The now-famous diode, used in many screens, is one of the numerous applications connected to the development of conductive polymers. But how can a simple piece of plastic conduct electricity when this same material is used to insulate metal wires carrying electricity?
Baycusan C 1008 polyurethane dispersion from Bayer MaterialScience premieres at In-Cosmetics 2011.
