An additive created in a unique collaboration between the University of Sheffield and the London College of Fashion which can be washed into clothes so the wearer purifies the air as they move could be available within just two years. ...
Tags: Fabric, additive, pollution-eating particles, Fabric industry
Arcadia,a food packaging firm based in Italy,plans to establish a manufacturing plant in the US to manufacture Ovtene–the company's product which is said to extend shelf life and prevent spoilage. The company plans to establish a ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 29/11/2012.The largest rises were Potassium chloride (0.56%),Xylene (0.54%),Wheat (0.45%),while the ...
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This review paper summarises recent work on the TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation of phenol, for the application of heterogeneous photocatalysis in water purification processes. In recent years, the application of heterogeneous photocatalytic ...
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This quarter, Plessey Semiconductors plans to sample its GaN-on-Silicon LEDs. Samples are due out in December with production sales beginning in March for both LED die and packaged devices. It is the culmination of a decade of ...
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Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Acquisitions, titanium dioxide raw material
DuPont Co. announced that it will eliminate 1,500 jobs after posting a smaller-than-estimated third-quarter profit DuPont reported third-quarter 2012 earnings from continuing operations were $0.32 per share versus $0.60 per share in the ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Samsung Electronics have used tapered micro-pillars of titanium dioxide (TiO2) to increase light extraction from nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 100% [Ming Ma et al, ...
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Researchers have long been hard at work figuring out ways that solar panels can convert more sunlight into electricity.A startup hailing from Australia,Brisbane Materials,now says it's figured out how to do this effectively using an ...
Stuttgart,Germany:A recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology(IGB)in Stuttgart has demonstrated a new way of cleaning outdoor furniture:Using sunlight. Garden furniture that has been left in ...
US researchers aim to improve dye-sensitised solar cells,using carbon nanotubes and conductive polymers to ease electron extraction. This type of solar cell is easy to make,potentially flexible,but dogged by moderate efficiency. Drexler ...
Inspired by a European study on light sensitivity, a team of researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue (in vitro) being exposed to ultraviolet rays emitted from compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. The ...
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The longstanding upswing in titanium dioxide prices ground to a temporary standstill in the second quarter. Generally speaking, mark-ups announced by virtually all major manufacturers in the second half of February and in March for ...
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Companies making white roof coatings and emulsions are seeing an increased call for photovoltaic solar power systems which are capable of absorbing the albedo, which is reflected light coming off of a flat or low angle roof. White sheet ...
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In view of the pulp prices that have been rising again since the start of the year and the mark-ups announced by titanium-dioxide manufacturers for the second quarter,the majority of decor-paper manufacturers are sticking to their plans for ...
Tags: pulp prices rising, Decor Paper Producers markUps, preliminary talks