Chemicals and Materials

Bio based solvents, an emerging grade of fluids is considered as a key technology to facilitate a greener manufacturing across industries. Developments in processes using bio based feed-stocks has resulted in solvents which can compete with traditional solvents in terms of performance with significant value adds such as zero toxicity, biodegradabi...

Innovation-led clusters are geographical concentrations of interconnected companies, universities, research & development organizations and government bodies that collaborate to support an innovation ecosystem that increases productivity and spurring new innovations. Some well-known examples of clusters are Silicon Valley, the automotive district o...

The market for next generation catalysts technologies for oil and gas sectors has gained momentum in recent years mainly due to the irregular refinery product demand, unpredictable change in feedstock types, and continuous upgradation of legislative standards. This research service discusses key advances in refinery catalysts with the impact a of ...

Quantum dot (QD) is considered to be an emerging technology that is capable of changing the consumer electronics market. QDs are attributed to high quality, efficiency and lower power consumption features. Though QDs are explored for different applications, largely they are anticipated to have high impact on displays, lighting and solar markets in ...

The urgent need of low temperature coatings across different application segments is increasing as trends towards reduction of process and curing temperatures grows.The sustenance of the coatings and their ability to meet the performance requirements at low temperatures for industrial applications is the key factor that will decide the wide scale a...

This issue profiles enhanced treatment of burn wounds with nanoparticles, piezoelectric resonators that benefit from graphene electrodes, and flexoelectric behavior of fullerenes.

This issue profiles high-reflectance excimer coatings that cannot be easily damaged, a coating to enhance the aesthetic appeal of automotive exteriors, PVD coating equipment for precision anti-wear coatings

This issue profiles technologies that enable nanomanufacturing.

This issue profiles using nanocages as platinum catalysts in fuel cells, Sandia Lab's nanoporous metal organic frameworks, and launch of an European nanomedicine characterization lab.