Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument, an "instrumented nanoscale indenter", that makes sensitive measurements of the mechanical properties of thin films - ranging from auto-body coatings to microelectronic devices — and biomaterials.
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments has made an investment in Brazil and Latin America by expanding its dedicated regional sales and service team, local warehousing, and lab support for its pigment products dedicated to the coatings, cosmetics, inks, plastics and specialties markets.
OMNOVA Solutions announced an investment to repurpose, or redirect, excess styrene butadiene (SB) latex capacity at its plant in Mogadore, OH, to the production of styrene acrylic and other specialty emulsion polymer chemistries.
Research by Indiana University environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve.
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