07-05-2013

Electronic devices are normally thought to be fairly inflexible. However, researchers in Japan have recently re-invented paper to create origami style LED lights. Although paper with antenna components (which are needed for the transmission and reception of information signals) have been ...

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04-04-2013

The first observation of massive swelling and shrinkage of inorganic layered materials like a biological cell provides insights into the production of two-dimensional crystals. Two-dimensional (2D) crystals have unique properties that may be useful for a range of applications. Consequently ...

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14-03-2013

Triple-layer photonic polymer films have been prepared that show the same type of iridescent optical behaviour that is seen in the bodies of some insects and birds. The scientists behind the work mimicked the phenomenon by preparing triple-layered films that contain different liquid crystal ...

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Laboratory in Amagasaki to extend R&D cooperations with Japanese research institutes and battery manufacturers

28-02-2013

BASF will open a new Research and Development Laboratory and an Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facilities will be fully operational by the end of 2013. The laboratory will focus on researching electrolytes and electrode materials for ...

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31-01-2013

Scientists in Japan have used a by-product of Teflon manufacture to generate carbonyl compounds with trifluoromethyl groups. Organic molecules bearing a trifluoromethyl group have received much attention because of their unique physical and chemical properties, which are important in the ...

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04-12-2012

Analytik Jena AG, a manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has acquired a 21.05% stake in the Japanese company Techno X Co., Ltd. The contract was signed on November 30, 2012. Based in Osaka, Japan, Techno X was established in ...

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28-11-2012

Dr Kikuo Okuyama ofthe Department of Chemical Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University in Japan, was the first customer to take delivery of a Zetasizer Nano ZSP from Malvern Instruments. In Dr Okuyama’s work the objective is to find alternative materials for ...

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01-10-2012

The most unambiguous data to date on the elusive 113th atomic element has been obtained by researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RNC). A chain of six consecutive alpha decays, produced in experiments at the RIKEN Radioisotope Beam Factory (RIBF), conclusively ...

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07-09-2012

The Netzsch Analyzing & Testing division and Bruker Corporation announced jointly that Netzsch Japan K.K. has acquired Bruker’s Thermal Analysis instruments business in Japan. Together with the well-established international Netzsch group, Netzsch Japan will further develop, produce, ...

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06-09-2012

Polyplastics Co., Ltd. announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% ownership of LCP Leuna Carboxylation Plant GmbH, a German supplier of p-HBA (p-hydroxybenzoate, a key monomer for liquid crystal polymer), from Infatrade (UK) Ltd., London.The liquid crystal polymer ("LCP") is one of ...

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