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SABIC Innovative Plastics Helps Multigon Design Cost-effective Transcranial Doppler Device to Detect Brain Injuries
2008-3-22 |
Shanghai, China - March. 21, 2008 - A new portable Transcranial Doppler (TCD) device from Multigon Industries, Inc., featuring SABIC Innovative Plastics' LNP* Faradex* compound, provides a new way to detect unseen, yet traumatic, brain injuries in the field - whether a football field or a battlefield. The Neurovision™ 500P pocket TCD, with electromagnetic/radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) shielding provided by LNP Faradex compound, makes it easier for doctors and other medical personnel to evaluate a potential brain injury on site, possibly improving outcomes from head injuries through early diagnosis and intervention.
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Nano Flakes May Revolutionize Solar Cells
2007-12-20 |
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2007) - A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionise the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If so, even ordinary households can benefit from solar electricity and save money in the future.
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Catalyst-free Chemistry Makes Self-healing Materials More Practical
2007-12-6 |
A new catalyst-free, self-healing material system developed by Jeffrey Moore, the Murchison-Mallory Professor of Chemistry at Illinois, is flanked by Scott White, a professor of aerospace engineering, and Nancy Sottos, a professor of materials science and engineering, offers a far less expensive and far more practical way to repair composite materials used in structural applications ranging from airplane fuselages to wind-farm propeller blades. (Credit: L. Brian Stauffer)
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SPI NAMES FREEMAN AS NPE2009 PACKAGE CONTRACTOR
2007-11-13 |
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SPI NAMES FREEMAN AS NPE2009 SHOW CONTRACTOR, RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING NEW COST-SAVING PACKAGES FOR EXHIBITORS, Service Packages Are One of Many Innovations Planned to Benefit Exhibitors and Visitors at NPE2009 International Plastics Show
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Conductive Plastic Fights Corrosion
2007-11-8 |
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2007) - Corrosion is the process by which a material breaks down due to reactions with its surroundings, usually by means of oxidation. It poses great problems to our society, making it the subject of investigation for many research groups, which dedicate great efforts to find means to prevent or control this process. The Universidad Aut¨®noma de Madrid has tested a new protection technique that consists of the electrodeposition of a conductive polymer (polypyrrole) over the surface of a material like copper that is easily oxidised.
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Nanowire Device Fabrication Moves Into High Gear
2007-11-1 |
ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2007) ¡ª In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires--tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms--have attracted a great deal of interest for their potential to build unique atomic-scale electronics. But before you can buy some at your local Nano Depot, manufacturers will need efficient, reliable methods to build them in quantity. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believe they have one solution--a technique that allows them to selectively grow nanowires on sapphire wafers in specific positions and orientations accurately enough to attach contacts and layer other circuit elements, all with conventional lithography techniques.
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New material concept for aircraft wings could save billions
2007-9-28 |
Building aircraft wings with a special aluminium fibre combination makes them nearly immune to metal fatigue. The application of this technology, partly developed at Delft University of Technology, will lead to substantial savings.
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Albemarle to Exhibit at K 2007, World's Largest Plastics Trade Fair
2007-9-23 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), the world leader in the development and marketing of flame retardants and other innovative polymer additives and catalysts, will join plastics makers, compounders and molders from around the globe at the world's largest plastics technology exhibition, K 2007, the International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, in Dusseldorf, Germany this October.
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HIGH-FLOW NYLON 66 PROVIDES FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT RESISTANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
BIOSAFE® Renders Compounds Inherently Antimicrobial, Is More Cost-Effective and Faster-Acting than Silver-Based Additives, and Avoids Discoloration
Shanghai, China - March 21, 2008 - A hemodialysis blood pump from Renal Solutions, Inc., featuring SABIC Innovative Plastics' advanced hemocompatibility polycarbonate (PC) resin, is helping meet demands for new and innovative healthcare devices. The patented Pulsar™ blood pump made with Lexan* HPM resins helps prevent buildup of thrombus on the pump's walls that could potentially interfere with the effectiveness of treatments.
MÖGLINGEN, GERMANY, January 24, 2008: The game of darts is no mere pastime for serious players, for whom it is a sport with exacting rules and high standards of performance. An international supplier of darts to such players reports that it has enhanced the reliability and prolonged the performance lifetime of its products through use of a tough, stiff, carbon fiber-reinforced nylon compound from Chem Polymer.
Every end-of-life car is a source of raw materials - in theory anyway. (Credit: Image courtesy of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)
PAWTUCKET, RI, U.S.A., November 9, 2007: A new brochure from Teknor Apex Company explains how designers, processors, and OEMs benefit from this custom compounder's diverse thermoplastic technologies and its international supply capabilities.
SPE TO ORGANIZE MASSIVE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AT SPI's NPE2009, WITH HUNDREDS OF ORIGINAL, PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS