Chemicals and Materials

This issue of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE features a sustainable coating made from soybean oil dedicated for cardboard packaging, and a biocide-free antifouling coating for marine applications. A ceramic lining for extreme wear resistance for mining sector applications and a novel method for thin film processing based on bismuth s...

This edition of the Inside R&D TOE depicts trends in a series of developments associated with cancer therapy and treatment for spinal cord injuries. It also focuses on innovations in coatings and bioink. Inside R&D TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) covers global innovations that are in research and development in virtually all technology areas....

The current issue of the High Tech Materials TOE profiles an innovative battery operated helmet, which offers comfort for users by regulating temperature within its capsule. A heat activated epoxy composite has been showcased, which could protect metals and steels from corrosion under insulation. A liquid metal, which could be used to produce robot...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features trends and innovations in aquaculture technologies, such as sustainable land-based recirculating aquaculture systems, production of insect-based protein with high nutritional value suitable for feeding fish, and conversion of carbon dioxide from industrial emissions into high value proteins ...

This issue of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE features some of the key anti-corrosion coatings used across a wide range of industries. A heat activated ceramic composite coating with the capability to protect a surface from CUI (corrosion under insulation) has been featured. Another anti-corrosion coating, which can save engine compon...

The High-Tech Materials TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) provides intelligence on technologies, products, processes, applications, and strategic insights on various materials across industries. Some material technologies include lightweight materials, bio–based materials, ceramics, smart materials, fibers, nanomaterials, responsive materials, ...

This issue of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE covers innovations in fire retardant and resistant coatings. The innovations are focused on coatings that could provide fire retardancy or resistance to different kinds of substrates such as steel, wood. Moreover, this issue covers an innovation on a coating that has the ability to make co...

Lightweight thermoplastics have a high potential for development and adoption in the next 2 or 3 years as there are a number of material and process developers focused on commercializing new technology innovations, and government and industrial policies support the trend. This issue of High-Tech Materials TOE covers the key stakeholders that are in...

Population growth and rising demand for energy creates an increasing pressure on industries reliant on material resources to find effective means to extend the lifetime of finite resources in the value chain and thereby reduce their use in single-use products. In 2017, the global primary energy consumption grew by 2.2% as compared to 2016 which was...