Evans Analytical Group, Inc. has acquired Scanning Electron Analysis Laboratories, Inc for its materials characterization division.
Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV
Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection.
New Modular Melt Flow Testers Perform Measurements According to ISO 1133-2
The new Instron CEAST MF20 and MF30 melt flow testers meet the stricter requirements imposed by ISO 1133-2 with regard to temperature control for highly sensitive materials.
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Acquires HGV Vosseler
Carl Zeiss strengthens its position as a solutions provider in the automotive industry and acquires HGV Vosseler GmbH & Co. KG
Protection on the road – enhanced child safety seats
New materials from BASF used in TRIFIX child safety seats from Britax Römer.
Production of a CRP engine hood in just a few minutes
IKV, RWTH Aachen University, and numerous industry partners have developed a new, easily-constructed carbon-fibre prototype hood for the Ford Focus.
Tuning high quantum efficiency in light-emitting organic materials
Researchers demonstrate that the fluorescence of PDPA in solid film can be tuned by copolymerization of monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths.
Twin Polymerization – A Theoretical Study on Combining Chemical Reactivity with Structure Formation
A. Auer and co-workers have now shown the application of atomistic calculations to unravel the elementary steps of the novel twin-polymerization reaction.
Renewable polymers from natural resources
Scientists from the USA and China report on the development of monomers and polymers from terpenes, terpenoids, and rosin.
Tunable self-healing materials
Self-healing materials can be switched from reversible to non-reversible by increasing the number of covalent crosslinking bonds.