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Vegetable proteins replace petroleum-based raw materials
Alternative binding agents in paints and varnishes
03-Mar-2021
Just like cellulose, lignin and fats, proteins are renewable raw materials. Their potential for the chemical industry remains largely untapped. Research teams at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV are collaborating with partners to change all this, the idea being ...
When will graphene-based applications be available on the mass market?
27-Jan-2021
What happened to the promised applications of graphene and related materials? Thanks to initiatives like the European Union’s Graphene Flagship and heavy investments by leading industries, graphene manufacturing is mature enough to produce prototypes and some real-life niche applications. Now, ...
Microreactor for synthesis with Grignard reagents
Continuous process control: faster, safer, cleaner
06-Jan-2021
In 1912, Victor Grignard was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of what came to be known as Grignard reagents. Since then, these compounds have come to play a key role in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Now, in a development by Fraunhofer researchers, a new type of ...
Analysis system enables targeted investigation of antiviral surfaces for material developers
Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction to test antiviral effectiveness
28-Oct-2020
The need for everyday objects with antiviral surfaces is high due to the COVID 19 pandemic. It is known that the material composition of an object has an influence on the viability of viruses on surfaces. This is where the work of the Fraunhofer IFAM comes in: In cross-disciplinary research ...
Programmable insulation materials
19-Oct-2020
Innovative insulating materials made of shape memory polymers are developed and tested by the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Chemical Technology ICT and for Building Physics IBP within the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials CPM. The high-tech ...
Bacteria fed on a customized diet produce biodegradable polymers for alternative packaging in the cosmetics industry
Replacing harmful solvents with pressure change technology
06-Oct-2020
Germany generates around 38 kilograms of plastic waste per capita each year. In a joint project with the University of Stuttgart and LCS Life Cycle Simulation, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the Fraunhofer Institute for Process ...
Ecofriendly plastic alternative: Scraps to synthetics
No petroleum-based synthetic components needed
05-Oct-2020
A new type of plastic made of reclaimed waste readily degrades in less than a year. The substance that will soon serve to manufacture and break down mainly disposable products in an ecofriendly way goes by the name of polyhydroxybutyrate. This material can be produced on an industrial scale in a ...
Dyes from atmospheric CO₂
Value creation by combining electrochemistry with biotechnology
21-Aug-2020
Time for climate protection is pressing. One approach to tackle this challenge is to use the greenhouse gas CO2 as a raw material for chemicals. To this end, the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, together with partners from science and industry, has pursued a ...
New Record Efficiency for Tandem Solar Cell Technology
12-Aug-2020
In the field of photovoltaics, intensive research is being carried out to continually improve solar cell efficiency. Increasingly, the focus is on tandem photovoltaics, in which high-performance solar cell materials are brought together in various combinations in order to use the solar spectrum ...
Special coating protects steel from hydrogen ‘attack’
Almost no evidence of brittleness
29-Jul-2020
Regeneratively produced hydrogen is an ideal energy carrier, which will be used in future applications as fuel cells and cars and will supplement natural gas as an energy source. But atomic hydrogen often induces brittle behavior in metals at high temperatures. Lukas Gröner of the Fraunhofer IWM, ...
