Chemicals and Materials

Coatings for wearable devices are mainly based on precious metals such as silver. These coatings are very expensive and increase the overall price of the wearable devices. The recent trend is to develop of polymer-based coatings and nanocoatings that can offer unique and specialized properties and more cost-effective than precious metals. Developi...

The healthcare industry is witnessing steady growth with the changing needs of people in the past few years. Advances in this industry, such as increased interest in miniaturization, aesthetic appeal of medical devices (especially orthopedic ones), are influencing material development for healthcare applications. Growing need for specialty medical ...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE depicts trends across probiotic-based household products. It covers the use of probiotics in household products as an alternate to toxic chemicals, probiotics treated textiles to kill dust mites, for combating sleep allergy, and probiotics in personal care products (such as body wash, cream, and deodorants). The co...

Drug delivery coatings are gaining prominence with rising need for increasing the efficacy of drug formulations and need for sustained and targeted drug delivery. Various materials such as bio-based polymers, inorganic materials are being used to develop durable enteric and other coating formulations to improve bioavailability without compromising...

Aerogels are lightweight materials developed by replacing the liquid component of the gel with gas. Aerogels have extremely high thermal resistance as they have very low thermal conductivity and density. Silica-based aerogels are mostly used. Aerogels are used in a wide range of industries such as building and construction, oil and gas, automotive,...

The advent of nanotechnology (particularly nanoparticles) is expected to boost the nanomedicine market. It is expected to impact in early diagnosis of diseases, preventive intervention, and prophylaxis of chronic as well as acute disorders. In essence, complete development and commercialization of nanoparticles are said to significantly revolutioni...

The offshore energy industry is a capital intensive engineering segment with installations expected to perform at high levels of operating efficiencies for periods of up to 20 years depending on the magnitude of operation. Parts and components designed for such installations such as the wind turbine blades of offshore wind farms and platforms of th...

Packaging materials are widely used for protecting, preserving, transporting, and distributing products safely. Paper-based packaging materials are most widely used across most industries due to their recyclable nature and low-cost manufacturing, while rigid packaging materials (which include glass and plastics) are steadily gaining traction in the...

Nanotechnology has enabled significant improvements in polymers such as increasing their thermal and mechanical properties, water resistance, chemical resistance, and electrical conductivity. Next-generation polymeric materials enhanced by nanotechnology, called polymer-matrix nanocomposites, can find applications in various industries such as tran...