05-03-2013

The photocatalysis of alcohols to aldehydes and carboxylic acids usually involves UV or visible light, but a group of scientists from China has discovered that carbon quantum dots can catalyse such reactions using near-infrared wavelengths. Conventional UV/visible-light approaches involve ...

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Evonik Industries intensifies research in Asia

12-04-2011

Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries is setting up its first project house outside Germany. Light & Electronics, a research and development unit established on April 1, is located in the Hsinchu Technology Park in Taiwan. The focus of its work is new products and technologies for the ...

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13-12-2010

Royal DSM N.V announced that it intends to acquire a 51% stake in AGI Corporation of Taiwan (AGI) through a subscription for newly to be issued shares combined with a public tender offer, subject to AGI corporate approvals and to regulatory and other customary conditions, approvals and ...

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25-10-2010

Can street lights be replaced by trees? Scientists report in Nanoscale they believe they can by using gold nanoparticles. Light emitting diodes are used in street and bicycle lights and have a higher efficiency than traditional light bulbs. Now Yen Hsun Su has synthesised gold nanoparticles ...

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29-07-2010

Imagine building cheaper electronics on a variety of substrates -- materials like plastic, paper, or fabric. Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens this door, allowing them to build electronic components like diodes on many different ...

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08-07-2010

At the CIA Singapore, Krüss Optronic announced the opening of its Asian headquarter in Taiwan. "Krüss Asia" will serve the South East Asian market, with Mr. Edward Yeh as managing director. Mr. Yeh has very long experience in the laboratory market and knows the region like his ...

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07-10-2009

Evonik Industries AG and Cristal Material Corporation have formed a new joint venture to manufacture high-quality glass lenses for next-generation LEDs, which will marketed under the Savosil™ brand. The Evonik Cristal Materials Corporation joint venture will complement Evonik's strategy as a ...

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Simultaneous cleavage of C-H, C-C single and C-C triple bonds under mild conditions has been developed by scientists in Taiwan

19-06-2009

Rai-Shung Liu and co-workers at the National Tsing-Hua University, in Hsinchu, have reported a gold-catalysed procedure for the oxidative cleavage of aryl-substituted alkynyl ethers using molecular oxygen. ‘This work serves the first example that a C-H, single and triple carbon-carbon bonds ...

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DuPont conducts research at its Semiconductor Materials Technical Center in Taiwan

09-03-2009

In an effort to develop new semiconductor packaging technologies, DuPont Wafer Level Packaging Solutions, part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, has signed a joint-development agreement with Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd. (NKC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, MicroChem Corp. Wafer level packaging ...

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26-02-2009

Air Products announced it has begun supplying bulk and specialty gases to Taiwan-based solar energy company Green Energy Technology’s (GET) new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) production facility in Kuanyin Industrial Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan. The contract between Air Products and GET calls for ...

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