Chemicals and Materials

This edition of the Inside R&D TOE depicts the current landscape and the new trends in a series of developments associated with superlubricants and low cost fuel cells. It also focuses on innovations in natural hazard monitoring systems, genetic disease treatment, and oncology. Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) covers global innovatio...

In this issue of Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE, TechVision has identified innovative technology developers and market forces shaping the functional coatings industry. Coating technology development has progressed significantly in the past 5 years enabled by new possibilities in achieving patterns, textures, and functionalities in nanosc...

This issue of the High-Tech Materials TOE highlights a unique biodegradable straw made from polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) that biodegrades in six months and does not cause environmental pollution. A lightweight aluminum made from scrap material, which can be used to make automotive structural components, has also been showcased in this issue. A high s...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features trends and innovations in aquaponics, nutritive supplements, carbon capture, and biobricks. The TOE also focuses on the development of various innovative and sustainable processes that utilize sustainable sources for producing aqua-based nutritive supplements. It provides useful insights in...

This issue of the TOE is based on graphene-based coatings. The innovations are focused on coatings that could be used in surgical implants to kill bacteria, graphene-based coating primers that could reduce the zinc content, and graphene-based marine coatings that could prevent biofouling. Moreover, this issue covers an innovation that focuses on th...

This issue of the High-Tech Materials TOE covers innovations in anti-corrosion materials, wearable implants, and metamaterials. The materials can be used in a variety of applications such as healthcare, electronics, and the anti-corrosion coating is dedicated for marine applications. One of the innovations profiled in the TOE is based on a 3D print...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features trends and innovations in probiotic therapy, bio-based solvents, and bioethanol-based diesel engines. The TOE also focuses on technological innovations in biofuels for use in different industries. The Industrial Bioprocessing TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) provides intelligence on tech...

Significant breakthroughs in nanomaterials for applications in energy storage, gas sensing, and materials for hindering microbial growth are seen to be driving the High-Tech materials business. Materials are gaining high interest in health care, such as the use of nanomaterials in medical devices to prevent propagation of diseases due to microbes. ...

This issue of Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE covers innovations on hydrophobic coatings for aircraft cockpit windows, liquid silk coatings for protection of apparel from moisture during wear, porous polymer coatings for keeping buildings cool, bio-based coating hardeners for use in polyurethane coatings, and ultra-repellant coatings with...