Abrasion resistant coatings from DuPont: Patent No. U.S. 6,592,977 B2.(Patents Update)(E. I. du...

The major thrust in new materials at K is engineering thermoplastics for automotive, appliance, medical, and electrical/electronic parts. There are plenty of new nylons, acetals, PBTs, and LCPs. There's also news in TPEs, including crosslinkable TPUs with properties closer to thermoset rubber. Also look for a brand-new, high-heat amorphous ......

High performance fluoropolymer coatings offer engineers and designers a diverse range of low friction, dry-lubricant materials suitable for a variety of applications. These coatings combine the unique capabilities of two 'engineering plastics'; fluoropolymers, which have the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid, and organic polymers, which give coatings ......

Dr Henry Warson reports on the International Conference in Multi-phase Materials Prepared by Emulsion Polymerisation, held at the UK's Lancaster University, from April 4th to 7th. The conference on multi-phase emulsion polymerisation, organised by the Macro Group and the British Society of Rheology, attracted 110 delegates, including many from overseas, ......

Abstract Titanium has a great potential to be the designer's choice 'material of the future', because of its unique combination of metallurgical properties, such as high strength-to-weight ratio in the temperature range from sub-zero to 540[degrees]C: titanium-base alloys are superior to all the usual engineering materials in this regard and ......

We review advances in the design and development of functional latex particles that can be used to form crosslinked coatings. Our emphasis is on understanding fundamental principles, of the formation and aging of latex films, of crosslinking of polymer films, of the reaction mechanisms that lead to bond formation, and ......

Major chemical companies are investing big bucks in new plants and technologies to produce plastics from annually renewable sources, not from petrochemicals. Some suppliers aim to produce today's conventional plastics from unconventional feedstocks like ethanol fermented from sugar cane. Others will make new monomers using other fermentation chemistries borrowed from ......

Even a glimpse at John Deere's tractors and combines will quickly drive away any doubt about the growing use of plastics in agricultural equipment. Over the past decade, the company has converted a wide variety of styling and functional components from sheet metal to plastics—reducing secondary operations, complexity, weight, and ......