Researchers report in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that they have developed polymers that can better mimic nature’s color-changing abilities than existing polymers.
The Northwestern Society for Coatings Technology (NWSCT) announced that all applications, essays and transcripts for the NWSCT Scholarship program are due no later than May 1, 2018.
The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association will honor 10 individuals for their distinguished contributions to the industry at the Annual Conference and AGM held in Toronto on May 24, 2018.
The American Coatings Association (ACA) recognized seven industry members with the Industry Statesman Award and presented Frank C. Sullivan, Chairman and CEO of RPM International Inc., with the George Baugh Heckel Award.
Members of ASTM International recently revised a key test method (D1613) that has been used to measure the acidity of fuel ethanol and denatured fuel ethanol, including ethanol used for car gasoline blends.
A study executed at the request of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reports that 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA) has shown no adverse effects regarding reproduction at the highest dose tested.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2019 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Rice University scientists plan to employ the power of the sun to build functional synthetic polymers using photosensitive quantum dots — microscopic semiconducting particles — as a catalyst.