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At the AudiologyNOW! 2010 show in San Diego next month, UK-based coatings company P2i will display their relatively new Aridion liquid-repellant nano-coating. Designed for exposure to humidity or sweat, the polymer layer is applied by a pulsed ion gas process that lower’s the hearing aid’s surface energy, coaxing water away from delicate components.
Mar 15 | News
Scientists from IBM and Stanford University have recent detailed polymer discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. The result of a multi-year research effort, the breakthrough is based on organocatalysis, specifically oxide-based catalysts that show activities rivaling the most active metal-based catalysts. Harnessing this activity could enable us to significantly increase the ability to recycle and reuse PET.
Feb 16 | Featured Articles
Premature failure of manufactured components is a continual problem in today’s high-paced manufacturing environment, in which emphasis is placed on taking a product rapidly to market and manufacturing that product quickly and cost effectively.
Feb 5 | News
An ultra-lightweight sponge made of clay and a bit of high-grade plastic draws oil out of contaminated water but leaves the water behind.
12/21/2009 | News
Duke Univ. engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail.
12/17/2009 | News
The same week that bioengineers announced the successful creation of synthetic red blood cells, Case Western Univ. researchers published their successfully efforts to build synthetic platelets that would halt internal and external bleeding more quickly. The polymer-based creations are even faster than the state-of-the-art emergency room blood treatments, halving clotting time.
12/1/2009 | News
Scientists at the Argonne National Lab have refined a technique to manufacture solar cells by creating tubes of semiconducting material and then "growing" polymers directly inside them. The method has the potential to be significantly cheaper than the process used to make today’s commercial solar cells.
11/23/2009 | News
A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This research may now allow for the production of environmentally conscious plastics.
11/9/2009 | News
Fundamental physics isn’t the only target for the Spallation Neutron Source’s beamline. A liquids reflectometer, for example, is now being used by Oak Ridge National Lab scientists to study the dynamics of polymer mixtures that are often called “self-healing” because of the way the matrix continually forces components to the surface. The data should help them understand the thermodynamics of this process and find ways to speed it up.
10/7/2009 | News
Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the Univ. of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel into cells, deliver genetic cargo, and packs a beacon so scientists can follow its movements in living systems.