Materials scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have developed a superhydrophobic coating and a process for applying it to the internal surfaces of long tubular structures.
Another group of 10 start-ups and chemical researchers will see their ideas move a step closer to commercialization after being named winners of the 2018 edition of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals' Imagine Chemistry challenge.
The University of Alicante Research Group in Vision and Color has developed a novel procedure for obtaining natural hybrid nanopigments able to optimize the optical, thermal and mechanical properties of the composite materials they are applied to.
Rice University scientists plan to employ the power of the sun to build functional synthetic polymers using photosensitive quantum dots — microscopic semiconducting particles — as a catalyst.
AkzoNobel is working to develop a fouling prevention technology that uses ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LED). The pioneering solution – which uses underlying technology developed by Royal Philips – will be applied to underwater surfaces to eliminate fouling growth.
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals announced the challenges for its latest Imagine Chemistry program, which has fast become a key element of the company's collaborative innovation approach.
Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, is investing $5 million this year – and tens of millions of dollars over the next five years – in technology and innovation.
Researchers at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of "soft robotics."
