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HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.





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HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS ('hybrid inorganic polymer system') are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.


Window display

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent displays. ...


It's the metal in the mussel that gives mussels their muscle power

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers in California are reporting for the first time that metals are key ingredients that give the coatings of anchoring byssal threads of marine mussels their amazing durability. The study could lead to the design ...


SRNL to study applicability of solar cell coatings

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of ...


New light-sensitive polymers may permit 'etching' images into vegetation

Chemistry /

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists in Ohio are reporting development of the first “biophotoresists,” new compounds that may be a counterpart to the light sensitive materials used in key industrial processes — such as photolithography and photoengraving ...


Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant

Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to ...


Mussel Proteins

Boosting 'mussel' power: New technique for making key marine mussel protein

Biology /

created May 05, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers in Korea report development of a way to double production of a sticky protein from marine mussels destined for use as an antibacterial coating to prevent life-threatening infections in medical ...


New polymer coatings prevent corrosion, even when scratched

New polymer coatings prevent corrosion, even when scratched

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 4

Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing coatings being developed at ...


Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate

Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed a novel coating technology, "Quench Coat", to protect galvanised products from 'white rust' ? the form of zinc oxide that tarnishes freshly galvanised coatings, making ...


Super strong antimicrobial coatings for medicine, defense

Super strong antimicrobial coatings for medicine, defense

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 1

One of the world' strongest materials meets one of Nature's most powerful germ killers in a new research project that produced incredibly tough anti-bacterial surfaces with multiple applications in home appliances, ...



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