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Electronic paper potential for Teijin Eleclear

1 January 2010
Teijin Chemicals is envisaging growth for its Eleclear transparent electroconductive film, which currently has a share of this growing market of approximately 24%.
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New textile finishes based on plant oils

1 January 2010
The MiDori range of sustainable effects for textile surfaces are based on the Ethicrops range of plant oils.
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New chitin nanofibres discovered

1 January 2010
A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, are looked at under a microscope.
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Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing

1 January 2010
Rice University scientists have revealed a new method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon nanotube fibres they believe could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power d
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Polymers in Photovoltaics

1 January 2010
Bringing together module manufacturers and polymer experts to look to the future of solar power, the Polymers in Photovoltaics conference will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany, from 20
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Growing the synthetic alternative

1 January 2010
The synthetic turf market in Europe is now worth an annual Euro1 billion, with 26 million square metres laid in 2008, of which 87% was sports fields and 13% landscaping.
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Greener synthetic leather

1 January 2010
Japan's Kuraray has started the full-scale manufacture of Green Clarino environmentally-friendly artificial leather - with an initial annual production of 2.5 million square metres at its plant in Oka
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Elastic smoke carbon yarns

1 January 2010
A new Israeli company will attempt to produce industrial scale yarns from a UK process of forming carbon filaments from 'elastic smoke'.
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Pounded by elehants...no problem

1 January 2010
Dallas Zoo was the recent setting for a special kind of fibre resilience testing of SmartStrand floorcovering by its maker Mohawk.
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P2i adds 24 nanocoating machines in 12 months

1 January 2010
Liquid repellent nanocoating technology P2i's revenues were up 207% to GBP3.2 million and royalties up three-fold to GBP1.7 million for its financial year ending July 31 2011.
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Breakthrough in industrial-scale processing of carbon nanotubes

1 January 2010
Scientists at Rice University and their partners claim to have discovered a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon nanotube fibres that they believe could lead to revolutionary adva
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Plasma treatment improves efficacy of antimicrobial coatings

1 January 2010
Scientists in The Netherlands have proposed using plasma treatments to coat substrates with antimicrobial agents.
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TenCate extends fabric range for firefighters and industrial protection

1 January 2010
Durable fabrics and multi-layer systems for firefighters' apparel and protection from electric arcs were introduced by TenCate Protective Fabrics at the A+A exhibition.
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Cohesive webs of electrospun fibres

1 January 2010
Researchers in the USA have proposed a way for making webs of electrospun fibres more cohesive.
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Inorganic additives strengthen electrospun fibres

1 January 2010
A method of electrospinning nanofibres that are strengthened by the addition of inorganic additives is described in European Patent EP 2 108 718.
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Fine extrusion of cellulose

1 January 2010
A group of inventors based in the USA say they have developed an apparatus capable of economically extruding cellulose fibres with small diameters.
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Laser method creates long boron nitride nanotubes

1 January 2010
A laser-based method for creating long boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) has been developed by researchers in the USA.
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Monitoring wear in fabrics

1 January 2010
A built-in mechanism for indicating of the wear level of a fabric is the goal of research by Albany International.
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Securing reinforcement fibres prior to impregnation

1 January 2010
A reinforcing mat with its fibres secured by continuous filaments knitted through the structure and subsequently thermally fused to one another is proposed in US Patent 2005/0197025.
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Rieter sells nonwovens activities

1 January 2010
On 11 December 2009 Rieter signed a contract with the international technology group Andritz, based in Graz, Austria, for the sale of the French company Rieter Perfojet SAS.
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