CEM Wins 10th R&D 100 Award

08-Jul-2005 - CEM Corporation announced that the Investigator(TM) System, an integrated microwave synthesis system and Raman spectrometer, has won the 2005 R&D 100 Award, becoming the tenth CEM instrument to do so. The award is presented on a yearly basis by the editors of R&D Magazine in recognition of the ...

Reaxa - New Catalyst Technologies Company Launched

24-Jun-2005 - Reaxa Limited, the new catalyst technologies company, formally commenced trading following a successful spin-out from Avecia. Reaxa offers new product platforms for "easier, faster and cleaner chemistry" in pharmaceutical and specialty chemical production. Reaxa is a combined venture between the ...

On the way to the perfect glass

01-Jun-2005 - Researchers from the United Kingdom, France and the DUBBLE beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have made a step forward in research on glass. They monitored the change in the structure of zeolites from crystalline solids into an almost perfect glass on heating. They did ...

Dendritic NanoTechnologies Announces New Low-Cost Family of Precision Nanostructures

20-May-2005 - Dendritic NanoTechnologies Inc. (DNT) announced a patent-pending development: a new family of scalable, precision dendrimer nanostructures. The new technology, developed by DNT, is called Priostar(TM) and offers a significant advantage over other precision nanostructures by reducing the ...

Beyond Oil and Gas

The methanol economy: Solution to the energy problem and an end to global warming?

03-May-2005 - Oil, natural gas and coal are our most important sources of energy and the indispensable starting materials for many everyday products, from gasoline to plastics and a variety of pharmaceuticals. Thanks to better exploitation and new discoveries, the estimated worldwide oil and natural gas ...

Sapphire Stars in Nanotube Support Role

On crystal surfaces, nanotubes self-guide themselves into dense structures with exciting potential applications as sensors or integrated circuits

27-Apr-2005 - USC researchers have found that sapphire surfaces spontaneously arrange carbon nanotubes into useful patterns - but only the right surfaces. Nanotubes are one-atom thick sheets of carbon rolled into seamless cylinders. They can be used to work as chemical sensors and transistors, like devices ...

Nanotechnology Breakthrough For IBN

26-Apr-2005 - Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a new method to control both sized and morphology of nanoparticles. The technique, called fluorocarbon-mediated synthesis, is able to produce nanoparticles of 50-300 nm and tuneable pore sizes of 5-30 ...

Process Optimization Key to Innovation in Smart Material Technology

15-Mar-2005 - Manufacturing smart materials is a complex process that requires significant control over the physical environment, sample size, interfacial diffusion, and mass transfer properties. Optimisation of these processes in absolute terms is essential for long-term success in the industry. "To enable ...

Degussa Headwaters Pilot Plant Validates New Technology

14-Mar-2005 - DegussaHeadwaters, a joint venture between Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, and Headwaters, Inc., South Jordan, Utah, has successfully integrated its pilot plant for direct synthesis hydrogen peroxide (DSHP) into the pilot plant for manufacturing propylene oxide (PO) using Degussa-Uhde ...

Biotage acquires Argonaut Technologies Consumable Division

23-Feb-2005 - Biotage acquires the Consumable Division of the US company Argonaut Technologies Inc. Through the acquisition, Biotage strengthens its position in Medicinal Chemistry and gives the company a complete product portfolio of Microwave Synthesis, Cleanup and Purification Systems and Consumables, which ...