The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued a statement expressing the association's disappointment in the U.S. Trade Representative's announced decision to remove India and Turkey from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
Brown University researchers have shown a way to use graphene oxide (GO) to add some backbone to hydrogel materials made from alginate, a natural material derived from seaweed that’s currently used in a variety of biomedical applications.
Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has collaborated on a project to advance the development of a low-cost, self-cleaning coating technology for industrial filter membranes.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2020 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Dr. Ray Fernando of the Department of Chemical and Biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2019.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using microencapsulation technologies developed by Dolomite Microfluidics to develop self-healing construction materials.
The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) launched a new website that highlights the importance of coatings products in everyday life and the many environmental benefits derived from coatings products in the architectural, automotive and industrial sectors.
The coatings industry could suffer severe disruption, a loss of millions of pounds and a drain on investment with less than three months to go before Brexit, warns the British Coatings Federation (BCF), the trade association for paints, coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings manufacturers.