BLENDING POLYMER AND ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS
Frost & Sullivan: 29 October 2008
The optimised blend of polymer and organic semiconductors has better performance characteristics than the organic semiconductor alone. |
NANOTECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE COMBINES BEST PROPERTIES OF METALS AND POLYMERS
DuPont Engineering Polymers : 23 October 2008
A year on from signing an alliance with Morph Technologies to bring nanottechnology to the automotive market, DuPont Engineering Polymers has announced a long-term alliance with California-based PowerMetal Technologies to develop and commercialise MetaFuse nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid technology. Initial development programs are targeting electronic hand-held devices, sporting goods, furniture, power tools and appliances. |
CHROMIUM AND FLUORIDE-FREE PRE-TREATMENT FOR ALUMINIUM AND STEEL HAS EXCELLENT ADHESION AND CREEP CORROSION PROPERTIES
Blackfast Chemicals: 23 October 2008
‘Phos-Fast 971 T’, from Blackfast Chemicals Ltd – is a direct replacement for traditional pre-treatments on aluminium extrusions, and aluminium, steel and other metal-engineered components. This polymer phosphate process achieves significant production benefits - it is chromium- and fluoride-free, with excellent adhesion and creep corrosion properties. |
DEVELOPMENTS IN POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE
Pennsylvania State University: 23 October 2008
Developments at Penn State, MIT and Delft are leading the way in fundamental research into new ways of managing electrical energy. Traditional ceramic materials have high weight and are very fragile, whereas mobile electronics need light weight electrical energy storage – polymers are under scrutiny to see what they have to offer. |
IMEC PAVES THE WAY TOWARDS OPTICAL SENSING FOILS
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC): 07 October 2008
IMEC’s associated laboratory at the Ghent University, INTEC, has made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors. With this technique, it becomes possible to make foils that sense changes in pressure. Such sensing, skin-like foils could be used for monitoring irregular or moving surfaces, e.g. in robots, pliable machinery, or as an artificial skin. |
NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS COULD GIVE BETTER ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Nano-Science Center: 07 October 2008
Assembling thermoelectric materials into units can transform the thermal difference to electrical energy or vice versa – electrical current to cooling. But effective utilisation requires that the material to supply a high voltage and have good electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. |
2008 JULIUS SPRINGER PRIZE FOR APPLIED PHYSICS WON BY RESEARCH INTO NANOSCALE CARBON MATERIALS RESEARCH
Springer Science+Business Media: 01 October 2008
Dr Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attended by luminaries of the field. The Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics recognises researchers who have made an outstanding and innovative contribution to the field of applied physics. The forum was sponsored by the scientific publisher Springer. |
EUROPEAN SALES AND MARKETING STRUCTURE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT GLOBAL POLYMER MARKET
DuPont Engineering Polymers : 31 August 2008
As part of the business' overall business strategy, DuPont Engineering Polymers (EP) has realigned its European organizational and geographical structure to reflect the global nature of its business. |
NEW TWO COMPONENT EPOXY SYSTEM FOR SERVICE ABOVE 500°F
Master Bond: 18 November 2007
Master Bond Inc. of Hackensack, New Jersey has developed a new two component epoxy system for service above 500°F. Called EP125, this compound is designed to withstand exposure to boiling acids, alkalis, salts, fuels and most organic solvents. It offers high bond strength to metallic and nonmetallic surfaces. Typical lap shear strengths are in the order of 2,400-2,500 psi at ambient temperatures. After heat aging for 1,000 hours at 500°F, slightly less than 50% of the original bond strength is retained. Castings exhibit flexural strength as high as 15,000 psi and flexural moduli of more than 500,000 psi. |
NEW MEDIUM VISCOSITY, OPTICALLY CLEAR EPOXY SYSTEM RESISTS UP TO 400°F
Master Bond: 14 November 2007
Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, N.J. has recently developed a new medium viscosity, two component epoxy adhesive/sealant, coating and casting compound called EP30HT. It is formulated to cure at room temperature or more rapidly at elevated temperatures. EP30HT features superior dimensional stability, superb optical clarity and high temperature resistance up to 400°F. It conforms to Title 21, U.S. Code of Federal Regulation, FDA Chapter 1, Section 175.105 and 175.300 for food applications. |
GE REVEAL(R) AND GE EDISON LIGHT BULBS SHED THE BEST LIGHT ON ANY OCCASION
AZDEL: 01 October 2007
Set the right mood with the right light. GE Reveal light bulbs produce clean, beautiful light that's perfect for overall lighting. GE Edison bulbs deliver bright, crisp light that's ideal for highlighting artwork, mantels and favorite accessories or holiday decorations. |
CLOCKWORK HOME SERVICES CHOOSES GE FOR NEW CREDIT PROGRAM
AZDEL: 01 October 2007
E's Retail Sales Finance unit, a leader in home improvement financing, has been selected to provide a new consumer credit program for Clockwork Home Services, parent company of Success Group International and provider of home services with more than 180 franchisees across the country. |
GE HEALTHCARE INTRODUCES NEW BONE DENSITY SYSTEM TO ENHANCE OSTEOPOROSIS DIAGNOSIS
AZDEL: 01 October 2007
GE Healthcare introduced today the company's new Lunar iDXA, a bone mineral density system designed to help clinicians detect, diagnose and monitor treatment of osteoporosis. GE's new iDXA is designed to help clinicians diagnose osteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and increased risk of fracture, more accurately and earlier in the disease process. The iDXA also enables clinicians to simultaneously assess body composition and ascertain fat distribution. |
GE HEALTHCARE INTRODUCES DISCOVERY VCT, THE WORLD'S FIRST VOLUMETRIC PET/CT SYSTEM
AZDEL: 01 October 2007
GE Healthcare introduced today the company's new Discovery VCT, the world's first true 64-slice combination positron emission tomography and volume computed tomography system for cardiac imaging applications. Launched at the 91st annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, GE's new Discovery VCT has the potential to transform the way physicians diagnose and treat heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses. |
SINGAPORE'S CHANGI WATER RECLAMATION PLANT USES GE FANUC'S PROFICY IFIX 4
AZDEL: 30 September 2007
GE Fanuc Automation, Inc, a unit of GE Industrial, has announced it is working with CH2M HILL, a multinational engineering firm and designer of Singapore's Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, on one of the largest integrated SCADA systems in the world. One of the project's first centralized water reclamation facilities, the Changi plant, is configured with approximately 500,000 tags across an architecture of 50 nodes running the newly-announced Proficy(TM) iFIX 4.0. |
HOLD THE PHONE! GE'S CORPORATE CARD BUSINESS RELEASES NEW MANUAL AUTHORIZATION FEATURE
AZDEL: 30 September 2007
Cardholders and commercial card program administrators will see added convenience, efficiency and control from a new feature released by GE's Corporate Payment Services unit. The new manual authorization feature in NetService leverages GE's patented pre authorization technology and will significantly reduce phone calls that cardholders and PAs make when dealing with transaction declines at the point of sale. |
GE ENERGY TO SUPPLY 18 GAS TURBINES, SERVICES FOR NIGERIAN PROJECTS TOTALING 2000 MEGAWATTS
AZDEL: 30 September 2007
Marking one of the largest power generation agreements in the country's history, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Power and Steel has selected GE Energy to supply 18 gas turbines, additional equipment and services for five power plants in the Niger Delta area that will add more than 2,000 megawatts to the country's electricity grid. |
GE CHALLENGES ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART STUDENTS TO IMAGINE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN
AZDEL: 29 September 2007
Graduate students from the Vehicle Design department of London's prestigious Royal College of Art tare imagining, and prototyping, the future of automotive design in plastics during a three-month program and competition called PLASTicon which began in December. |
ASBESTOS: NEXT THREAT TO THE WORKERS COMP SYSTEM?
AZDEL: 29 September 2007
While the insurance industry grapples with the issue of fair compensation for asbestos victims, a new vulnerability may be lurking around the corner. Robert Blanco, Senior Actuary at GE Insurance Solutions, told an audience here that conditions exist that could expose the workers compensation markets to escalating asbestos claims. |
GE'S 2.5-MEGAWATT WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY SELECTED FOR NEW PROJECTS IN JAPAN
GE-ECOMAGINATION
AZDEL: 29 September 2007
GE Energy's 2.5-megawatt wind turbine technology is being introduced into Japan through an agreement that will add 85 megawatts of wind energy capacity to the country's electricity grid. |
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