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Walk like a … gecko?

Animal footpads inspire a polymer that sticks to ice

05-Feb-2025 - A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot — literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animalsto easily move over moist, slick surfaces. Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces report using silicone rubber ...

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WACKER Expands Production Capacity for Specialty Silicones in Asia

Asia is already one of WACKER’s most important sales regions

28-Jan-2025 - Wacker Chemie AG started up two new production facilities for specialty silicones in Japan and South Korea. The expansion strengthens the company’s activities in the Asian growth market. The new plants, located in Tsukuba, Japan and in Jincheon, South Korea, will serve the growing demand from the ...

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Accelerated development and manufacturing processes for rubber compounds

Software supports formulation and processing conditions for tire treads

07-Aug-2024 - The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS in Halle (Saale) is working with six partners to develop intelligent algorithms and methods that support the production of application-optimized rubber compounds. The goal is software that uses information on formulation ...

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Silicone specialities: WACKER builds new production site in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million-euro range

24-Jun-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG strengthens its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. The chemical company, together with project partners and officials representing the city and the region, broke ground symbolically in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. From the end ...

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WACKER Plans New Production Site for Silicone Specialties in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million euro range

15-Jan-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG plans to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing its production operations in Europe. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The main drivers of this expansion measure are megatrends such as ...

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Replicating the structure of bird feathers

The new material could be used in batteries or filtration

04-Dec-2023 - Modelled on nature: researchers have developed a new material that replicates the structure responsible for the blue feathers of the North American song bird, among many other birds. It also has other striking advantages. The eastern bluebird is a special bird. The blue of its feathers is unique. ...

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Molecular motion in tire rubber

Tyre components observed with incredible time resolution

04-Oct-2023 - Scientists have observed the molecular motion of rubber components typically used in automobile tires—polybutadiene and carbon black—with the world’s fastest time resolution. The study reveals a clear interaction between the two components on the atomic scale, paving the way towards improved ...

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Rubber production: Renewable cellulose-based fillers

New process brings together the worlds of cellulose and rubber

20-Oct-2022 - The substitution of petrochemical materials with those obtained from renewable raw materials is an important step towards increasing sustainability. In just two years of intensive and open collaboration between Empa and the Datwyler Schweiz AG as part of an Innosuisse project, a process was ...

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Replacement of Toxic Chemicals in the Manufacture of Tires and Conveyor Belts

The new adhesion promoters are based on natural raw materials

12-Apr-2022 - The quality of composite systems made of cords of high-strength fibers such as polyester, aramid or polyamide and matrix materials of rubber is largely determined by the adhesion properties of the fibers to the matrix. In the established manufacturing process, adhesion promoters made of ...

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Rubber material holds key to long-lasting, safer EV batteries

To replace liquid electrolytes, researchers combine rubber material with innovative 3D structure

18-Jan-2022 - For electric vehicles (EVs) to become mainstream, they need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the environment. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology may have found a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries made ...

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