The loan from the European Investment Bank will be used to finance research and development activities at the company, which firmly integrated sustainability into all elements of its corporate strategy in 2022.
Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering explore using piezoelectric nanoparticles for smart material design. The team discovered a key role for friction between particles in causing the materials to flip from a fluid to a more solid structure. Potential applications are paint that does not clump, liquids that harden into a mold when shaken, and wearable protective gear that stiffens when hit.
The 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is the first shared research and development center for the company. It is designed to foster partnership and harness collective expertise among RPM companies to accelerate innovation for their customers.
This article outlines how a robust materials data management strategy can significantly enhance your R&D activities, streamline workflows, and even revolutionize material discovery and production processes.
The two partners signed an agreement to continue their research collaboration at the Catalysis Research Laboratory until 2028. Since the founding of the laboratory in 2006, more than 100 employees from 34 countries have been involved in the development of new processes for homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis.
BASF has developed expertise on the scale-up and production of MOFs, can tailor MOFs to customers’ needs and specifications and has the capacity to produce customized MOFs for various applications and industries.
When developing custom coatings, there are many factors to take into account. While labs and chemists have refined their own unique approach to the process, the basic strategy remains fairly consistent. The importance of predictive modeling, combined with experimentation in both formula and process development, ensures design parameters are achieved.
