Emerging opportunities in the Electric Vehicle Tire market include leveraging advanced materials like bio-based polymers for ...

Emerging technologies in polymer compounds and silica reinforcements are significantly transforming the electric vehicle tire industry. The introduction of advanced materials like bio-based polymers ...

Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have been working on a new polymer that could be the basis for lighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly radiation shielding. Led by Da ...

In this interview, AZoM talks to Dirk Leister from Thermo Fisher Scientific about the role of torque rheometers in the field of polymer compound development. To start, could you give a brief overview ...

Sumitomo Chemical is to establish Sumika Polymer Compounds Poland (SPCP), to enhance its polypropylene (PP) compound business. SPCP will start commercial production in the spring of 2022. PP compounds ...

A purging compound has been developed to meet the needs of the growing use of soft-touch materials in overmolding and coinjection applications. Designed for purging soft-touch polymers such as TPO, ...

Scripps Research, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and several other collaborating institutions have successfully demonstrated a machine-learning ...

Portugal-based Cabopol Polymer Compounds is opening a new production site in Monterey, Mexico. The new facility, set to come online in December, will initially include two production lines with an ...

The identification of the mass, morphology and molecular structure of polymeric materials (both synthetic and natural) is termed polymer characterization. These polymers are made up of chains of ...

The biotech industry is beginning to replace metal vats in the manufacturing process with single-use plastic bags. But concerns remain about whether compounds could leach out of the films inside the ...