27-Sep-2022

Two startups in India have won Paint the Future awards and the chance to continue working together with AkzoNobel to accelerate their solutions. The winning submissions answered the company’s call for innovative ways to enhance the digital consumer experience for Dulux paints in India. The ...

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“The future applications of this device are limited only by our imagination”

22-Sep-2022

Several industrial, automotive, and healthcare applications rely on accurate and precise measurement of pressure.Flexible and wearable pressuresensors are typically fabricated using petroleum-based polymers. The solid waste generated from using such non-biodegradable plastics is harmful for the ...

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06-Sep-2022

Mumbai headquartered Calibre Chemicals (Calibre), a nutrition, pharmaceuticals and personal care specialty chemicals company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% shareholding of RheinPerChemie GmbH (RPC) from Evonik. RPC, located in Rheinfelden Germany, is a prominent ...

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16-Jun-2022

TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL). ANIL will be the exclusive platform of AEL and TotalEnergies for the production and commercialization of green hydrogen in India. ANIL will target a ...

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08-Apr-2022

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, creates objects by addition of material, layer by layer. A major source material for AM is metal powder, which is predominantly produced using a technique calledatomisation, in which a molten metal stream is broken up into fine ...

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“We are in touch with a start-up company in Chennai”

17-Mar-2022

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a paper-based sensor for detecting even tiny volumes of hydrogen peroxide. This chemical is used widely in household and healthcare products like hand sanitiser as a disinfectant, in rocket fuel as a propellant, and is also ...

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“India’s startup ecosystem is the third largest in the world, a real powerhouse"

15-Feb-2022

Discovering creative solutions to improve the digital consumer experience is the focus of AkzoNobel’s 2022 Paint the Future regional startup challenge, which is all set to be launched in India. Startups are being invited to tap into the company’s broad knowledge and extensive expertise to help ...

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Enantioselective synthesis of indole derivatives

12-Apr-2021

Indole, and structures derived from it, are a component of many natural substances, such as the amino acid tryptophan. A new catalytic reaction produces cyclopenta[b]indoles—frameworks made of three rings that are joined at the edges—very selectively and with the desired spatial structure. As a ...

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Solve two problems at one stroke

03-Aug-2020

Solid acids are amongst the most essential heterogeneous catalysts, which have the potential to replace environmentally harmful liquid acids, in some of the most important processes, such as hydrocarbon cracking, alkylation, as well as plastic waste degradation and carbon dioxide to fuel ...

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Defects in nanosilica can save planet earth from global warming

20-Mar-2020

An excessive amount of carbon dioxide is the main cause of climate change. One of the best approaches is to capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuel such as methane. On the other hand, a sustainable way to solve the energy problem is to generate alternative energy source, however, ...

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