Customer system-on-chip (SoC) ICs have density of over 300 million gates.
New agreement to build high-performance solar cells
Dow Corning and Crystal Solar will work together to support the latter’s breakthrough monocrystalline manufacturing approach.
BASF and Sinopec take steps on joint isononanol plant
Companies have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China.
Water protection: new hydrophobic ceramics can take the strain
MIT researchers have come up with a new class of hydrophobic ceramics that can overcome the limitations of fragile polymer coatings.
Dow Chemical and University of Illinois open joint innovation center
Center will develop data management solutions to drive value and accelerate discovery in the Research & Development (R&D) organizations throughout Dow.
Startups in materials: an interview with Shenda Baker
An interview with Shenda Baker, former university professor turned startup founder at biomedical polymers company Synedgen.
BASF and Zelfo to collaborate on cellulose production
Agreement concerns Zelfo processing technology for the efficient and cost-effective production of micro-fibrillated cellulose.
Bayer to build Dormagen TDI plant
Cologne district authority grants Bayer MaterialScience permit to build and operate the new toluene diisocyanate plant at Chempark Dormagen.
Theta-Probe XPS Machine Reveals Increase in Weight of the Kilogram
Researchers have shown the original kilogram is likely to be tens of micrograms heavier than it was when the first standard was set in 1875.
INVISTA’s Shanghai Hexamethylene Diamine Plant Receives EIA Approval
215,000-ton per year hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant to be built at the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park.