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Learning from the lotus leaf

1 July 2007
Having introduced dirt repellent, self-cleaning wall paints to the market a decade ago, BASF is now introducing Mincor TX TT for the coating of technical textiles such as awnings, sunshades, sails and
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Smart event in Capital of Culture

1 July 2007
An international symposium taking place on 9-10 June 2008 in Liverpool - the European Capital of Culture 2008 - will be the first International conference organised by the SMART.mat node of the Materi
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Silver conductive inks worth US$1.2 billion by 2014

1 July 2007
The market for silver conductive inks is expected to reach US$1.2 billion by 2014, compared with $176 million in 2007 according to a new report.
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Odour analysis opens new avenues

1 July 2007
Experts at the Hohenstein Institutes in Germany have developed an analytical method which can be used to characterise odour molecules in qualitative terms.
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Terrorism calls for new filtration systems

1 July 2007
Bio-terrorism has changed the way people look at filtration, according to a new report by Research and Markets.
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Nano-pen for printing polymers

1 July 2007
Researchers in Israel and France have devised a technique to make molecularly-imprinted polymers using a nanofountain pen.
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ISO accreditation for P2i

1 July 2007
P2i, based in Oxford, UK, has achieved BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for the design and manufacture of plasma polymerised coatings. I
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Nanotube distribution agreement

1 July 2007

Belgian carbon nanotubes manufacturer Nanocyl and specialised raw materials distribution and sales company Velox have signed an agreement for the distribution of Nanocyl's carbon nanotubes-based pr

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Decade of achievement for Powdermet

1 July 2007
Powdermet celebrated ten years of business at an opening celebration of its newly-renovated Nanomaterials Research and Manufacturing Center in Euclid, Ohio, USA, on 1 June.
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Smart garments 2.0 at Avantex

1 July 2007
The extent to which electronic sensors and controls have now been successfully integrated into commercially available products was apparent in a special display at Avantex, which ran parallel with the
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Silver spacers for clean water

1 July 2007
In co-operation with a number of partners including Silvertex GmbH and the Technical University of Dresden, Cerex, based in Chemnitz, Germany, has developed a range of spacer fabrics for water purific
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Zimmerman launches four Novonic textile cable brands

1 July 2007
Novonic is billed as the first textile yarn cable that can be integrated problem-free into any kind of textile structure to provide functionality.
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Recognition for self-cleaning coating from BASF

1 July 2007
BASF's dirt repellent, self-cleaning Mincor TX TT nanocoating received a Techtextil Innovation Award at the Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt from June 12-14.
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Record length for nanotubes

1 July 2007
University of Cinncinati researchers have grown what thay believe to be the longest carbon nanotubes in the world.
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Cool in black

1 July 2007
Bike riders are well aware of how a black motorcycle suit heats up when exposed to direct sunlight, since dark colours are generally known to absorb the energy from sunlight.
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High Street coup for Eleksen

1 July 2007
Eleksen has announced that Marks & Spencer, one of the UK's leading retailers with more than 15 million store visitors a week, will carry a stylish new line of men's suits for iPod by Bagir.
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Impermeable with comfort

1 July 2007
Contitech's new ContiBarrierSystem combines elastomeric composite materials and an embedded ultra-thin layer of polymer to provide increased impermeability to virtually all gaseous, fluid and solid me
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Luggage line with Nano-Tex

1 July 2007
Ricardo Beverly Hills, based in Mirada, California, USA, is now employing Nano-Tex treated fabric in its Capistrano Light Luggage line of bags and suitcases.
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Blast resistance honoured

1 July 2007
A team from the UK companies Auxetix, Heathcoat Fabrics and the University of Exeter were awarded a 2007 Techtextil Innovation prize for their development of helical-auxetic blast curtains.
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Updates for iPod and Bluetooth

1 July 2007
Eleksen has updated its electronics modules for iPod and iPod+Bluetooth devices to be compatible with its new sensor technology, introduced at Avantex in Frankfurt.
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