Decal-like application process allows “peel-and-stick” solar panels to be applied to virtually any surface.
Advances in Actively Moving Polymers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein.
Battelle Creates Unique New Polyurethane
New material is environmentally responsible, cost-effective, soy-based and free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent.
Altuglas, NatureWorks Collaborate to Market New High Performance Biopolymer Alloys
Materials will be marketed by Altuglas International as Plexiglas/Altuglas Rnew biopolymer alloys.
Asia-Pacific Biorenewable Materials Market Estimated to Grow at 19% per Annum till 2018
Application development and technology licensing costs of biorenewables come down, and customer awareness is growing.
Flexible silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become possible
Researchers make a fiber out of crystalline silicon semiconductor materials that can function as a solar cell.
Olympus NDT Introduces the Magna-Mike 8600 Hall Effect Thickness Gauge
New instrument is a portable thickness gauge for making thickness measurements on nonferrous materials.
Glass fuel cells for next-generation electronics
New breed of micro fuel cell could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices.
EAG Announces Acquisition of Scanning Electron Analysis Laboratories
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.