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SmartSilver in Turkey

1 May 2010
Uniteks of Istanbul is to act as the SmartSilver distributor to the Turkish market for NanoHorizons.
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Plasmonic project for better solar cells

1 May 2010
Improving the efficiency and cost of solar cells though the use of metallic nanostructures is the aim of PRIMA, a new EU 7th framework programme led by Belgian company Imec.
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Teijin's new Pupa

1 May 2010
The Teijin Group has unveiled a super-lightweight electric concept car made with proprietary materials and technologies including carbon fibre composites, polycarbonate resins and bio-derived polyeste
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CNT fabric for structural composites

1 May 2010
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, based in Norman, Oklahoma, has developed a new fabric called nanoPly.
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CNTs will aid solar flight

1 May 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project, whose founders Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around th
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Active ingredient patch developed by Spanish project

1 May 2010
Spanish technology centre CETEMMSA, which specialises in smart materials, has completed the Dermo Smart Peptide Delivery research project it began in 2009 with Infinitec Activos - a company based at t
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More TeXtreme capacity for Oxeon and honour for inventor

1 May 2010
Oxeon is strengthening its position as the market leader for ultra lightweight spread tow carbon reinforcements by adding new capacity at its plant in Boras, Sweden.
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New nano-coated armour

1 May 2010
Global Armour is launching new high-performance body armour which is said to be lighter, more comfortable and more protective as a result of P2i's liquid-repellent nano-coating technology.
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Seismic wallpaper honoured at JEC

1 May 2010
D'Apollonia and its development partners in the EU-funded POLYTECT project received an Innovation Award at the JEC Composites show, held in Paris, France from 13-15 April, for their development of 'se
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Licensed route for Flashwear

1 May 2010
Star Wars and Space Invaders illuminated t-shirts are being introuduced by Flashwear, the company which introduced the 't-qualizer' - a shirt with a sound activated graphic equalizer.
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Vibration damping performance with flax

1 May 2010
A prepreg material for vibration damping in sports applications based on flax yarn received the 2010 JEC Composites Innovation Award for Bio-based Materials.
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Heat-conducting polyethylene

1 May 2010
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a process to transform polyethylene into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an elect
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BMW commits to carbon

1 May 2010
New and more economical carbon fibres and fabrics will be produced by a joint venture between SGL and BMW who plan to build a state-of-the-art carbon fibre manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Washingto
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Let there be light

1 May 2010
Active light products are experiencing strong growth, acording to Andrea Ropert, of Interactivewear AG - a company involved in smart textiles right back to the Infineon O'Neill Smart Jacket launch in
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Biomaterials drive Ford forward

1 May 2010
Ford is making its vehicles more eco-friendly through the increased use of renewable and recyclable materials such as the soy and bio-based seat cushions and seatbacks on the 2010 Ford Taurus.
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Ultra-fine yarns for PCB substrates

1 May 2010
AGY, headquartered in Aiken, South Carolina, is introducing ultra-fine glassfibre yarns for use in printed circuit board (PCB) substrates.
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Alternative to electrospinning

1 May 2010
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers recognised the implications of Forcespinning Technology to the fabrication of nanofibres by placing it on its list of 'Innovations That Could Change The Way You
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V4 for ambient dyeing

1 May 2010
Teijin has developed a new cationic-dyeable polyester polymer called V4, which can be dyed at ambient temperature and pressure, and also offers excellent fibre strength and stainability.
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New PEEK polymer honeycomb process

1 May 2010
PlastiCell of France has developed a new process for the production of lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb structures using Victrex Aptiv film.
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Spider silk replica with nylon nanofibres

1 May 2010
Researchers in Beijing have discovered how the structure of spider silk encourages water to collect into drops and have designed artificial fibres to mimic the process.
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