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Woven heater is the first commercial application for Baytubes carbon nanotubes in Japan

1 April 2010
Kuraray Living has created a new fabric heater by weaving CNTE - multifilament yarns coated with Bayer carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions to make them conductive.
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Weight reduction with new carbon fabric

1 April 2010
Teijin company Toho Tenax will begin selling a carbon fibre fabric that is less than half the weight of conventional products in March.
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Shape memory gel for sleep

1 April 2010
Technogel - the material manufactured by the Italian company of the same name - is being commercially launched as an excellent support for improving the quality of sleep.
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New nano inks for printed electronics

1 April 2010
At the recent Nanotech trade fair in Tokyo, Bayer MaterialScience showcased two conductive inks which have been developed primarily for use in the growing printed electronics market.
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Medline to market Bioguard

1 April 2010
Medline Industries has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Florida company Quick-Med Technologies to market and sell Bioguard wound dressings with Nimbus antimicrobial technology.
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New class of e-textiles claimed

1 April 2010
Batteries and simple capacitors have been produced from standard textiles dipped in nanoparticle-infused ink at Stanford University.
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Swiss technologies in new healthcare textiles

1 April 2010
Orlando, Florida-based Vestagen Technical Textiles is introducing a new class of nanotechnology-based healthcare textiles for use in environments where biological contamination of clothing can occur.
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Nanofibres react to stress for smart clothing applications

1 April 2010
Engineers at the University of California Berkeley have created new energy-scavenging nanofibres that can convert energy from mechanical stresses and into electricity, and could one day be used to cre
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Add water to set

1 April 2010
Concrete Cloth - the winner of the first MEDIUM Material of the Year award from Material ConneXion - is a patent-protected impregnated fabric developed by UK company Concrete Canvas
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Luxury auto giants at HiperNano 2010

1 April 2010
Aston Martin and Rolls Royce will address the challenges in the auto and aero industries for nano-enhanced materials at NanoKTN's HiPerNano 2010 conference which takes place on 28 April 2010 at Cranfi
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Minolta backing for Power Plastic

1 April 2010
Konica Minolta has invested $20 million in Konarka, the developer of Power Plastic.
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Project to print large area sensors

1 April 2010
The companies and institutes involved in the the EU project 3 Plast - for printable pyroelectrical and piezoelectrical large area sensor technology - have set themselves the goal of mass producing pre
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Nonwovens on the front line

1 April 2010
Nonwovens are poised to play an increasing role in military and homeland security activities with the introduction of a new force protection system.
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Synthetic surface for stem cell growth

1 April 2010
Corning Incorporated's Synthemax is a novel synthetic surface that supports the growth and differentiation of stem cells.
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MTI PolyFab acquired by 3M

1 April 2010
3M has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MTI PolyFab, a manufacturer of silicone-based thermal and acoustic insulation for the aerospace industry.
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Biopolymer binder in Edenbloc35

1 April 2010
A new rigid insulation material is being introduced by Second Nature UK, the manufacturer of Thermafleece wool products.
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Bayer acquires Artificial Muscle

1 April 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has acquired Artificial Muscle, a pioneer and leader in the field of electroactive polymers for the consumer electronics industry, based in Sunnyvale, California.
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Nanotube-reinforced prepreg USV

1 April 2010
A new unmanned surface vessel (USV) - which could prove particularly effective in the fight against modern piracy - it to be made solely from nanotube-reinforced carbon fibre.
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Peratech clinches $1.4 million deal for QTCs

1 March 2010
Peratech has announced that Nissha - one of the world's largest manufacturers of touch screen technology - has signed a $1.4 million licensing agreement to use Peratech's award winning quantum tunnell
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CNTs to grow at almost 60% per year

1 March 2010
The global market for carbon nanotubes (CNTs), based on commited production, was worth $103.79 million in 2009, according to a new report from BCC Research.
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200 tons of CNTs from Leverkusen

1 March 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at Chempark Leverkusen, Germany.
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Particle promotion

1 March 2010
At a UK meeting on the characterisation of sub-micron and nano-sized particles, Fraser McNeil-Watson of Malvern Instruments will provide details of the optical methods for particle size and zeta poten
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Future legislation will drive growth for biodegradable polymers

1 March 2010
The global market for biodegradable polymers has doubled between 2005 and 2009, according to a new report, with annual growth of 13% predicted up to 2014.
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Four-layer carpet like a forest floor

1 March 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has developed a viscoelastic carpet based on polyurethane foams and a special textile fabric which is said to feel like walking over soft moss.
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Advance in firefighting suits with nanostructured aramid

1 March 2010
A new fabric incorporating a nanostructured fibre for use in advanced firefighting suits that become 40% more effective in preventing second and third-degree burns and 15% lighter than conventional he
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P2i partners for solar exploration

1 March 2010
Having established a leading position in liquid repellent nanocoating technology, UK-headquartered P2i has now teamed up with US-based new technology launch and commercialisation specialist Energy Lau
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Leading sailing team endorses Barrier by Heiq

1 March 2010
During the 33rd America's Cup, sailing team Alinghi - the winner of the last competition and therefore defender of the cup - is using a new water repellent technology on its sailing jackets to ensure
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First carbon nanofibre produced via melt spinning route

1 March 2010
Teijin and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a highly crystalline carbon nanofibre (CNF) offering 30% greater electrical conductivity than existing products.
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Slippery approach to speed

1 March 2010
Spyder completely redesigned its Speed Suit in time for this year's Vancouver Olympics - by introducing Slippery Technology.
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Dutch courage with Dyneema

1 March 2010
A new Craft skin suit made with Dyneema fibre has been supplied to the Dutch Olympic short-track speed skating team.
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Coating and laminating focus

1 March 2010
The TCL 2010 conference on textile coating and laminating will take place at the Novotel Cannes Montfleury Hotel in Cannes, France, from 11-12 November 2010.
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Benefits of integrated zinc

1 March 2010
Smartfiber AG, based in Rudolstadt, Germany, is introducing a new addition to its range of speciality lyocell staple fibres for blends called Smartcell Sensitive with an integrated zinc oxide additive
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Billion dollar digital textiles

1 March 2010
The market for digitally printed textiles is forecast to grow from Euro114.6 million in 2009 to just under Euro1 billion by 2014, according to a new study by Pira International published in associatio
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Toyota adds Sorona

1 March 2010
Fibres made from DuPont's Sorona renewably sourced polymer have been adopted as materials for the ceiling surface skin, sun visor and pillar garnish of Toyota's new SAI car model.
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Xennia introduces new nano process for textile applications

1 March 2010
Xennia Technology, a subsidiary of Royal Ten Cate, is introducing a new nano process based on inkjet technology for the printing and finishing of textile materials.
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World Cup winners illustrate Bluetooth Low Energy potential

1 March 2010
The Bluetooth Innovator of the Year award for 2009 was claimed by Edward Sazonov of new US company Physical Activity Innovations.
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Instant carbon nanotubes

1 March 2010
FutureCarbon has successfully completed development of a non-dusting carbon nanotube granulate that disperses by simple stirring called CarboGran.
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Nanospider for Kyoto

1 March 2010
Elmarco has announced yet another research co-operation, this time with the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT), which will install a Nanospider lab machine.
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Partnership to provide water purification filters

1 February 2010
Water filtration equipment employing nanofibre membranes is to be developed by the National University of Singapore (NUS) with the help of Elmarco.
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Nanoparticle partners

1 February 2010
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF have founded IP3 (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes) - a joint laboratory to develop process technology for explorin
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Nano-Tex moves R&D to Hong Kong

1 February 2010
Nano-Tex will open a new research and development centre in Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2010.
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First boron-nitride nanotube yarns produced

1 February 2010
The first practical yarns made from boron nitride fibres have been produced with lasers by researchers in the US.
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Project to accelerate printable organic circuits

1 February 2010
A new German research project has been announced to develop complementary circuit technology for printed organic electronics.
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US funding for NGP process development

1 February 2010
Angstron Materials, based in Dayton, Ohio, USA, has been awarded almost $1.5 million to develop new processes for mass-producing chemically modified and functionalised nano graphene platelets (NGPs).
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The North Face gets connected

1 February 2010
The North Face has launched a series of products with Fibretronic's CONNECTEDwear technology as standard.
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US LifeVest prescriptions top 20,000

1 February 2010
Zoll Medical Corporation, headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, announced on 11 January that more than 20,000 patients at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have been prescribed the L
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Solarmer OPV sets new efficiency record

1 February 2010
Solarmer Energy, based in El Monte, California, USA, is reported to have achieved the highest conversion efficiency so far recorded for a plastic organic photovoltaic (OPV) champion cell, of 7.9%.
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Nike runners with ion-mask

1 February 2010
The new Lunar Wood TZ running shoe launched by Nike is the latest high-profile product to employ P2i's ion-mask liquid repellent nano-coating technology.
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First installations of aerogel roofing membranes

1 February 2010
Birdair, based in Buffalo, New York, has developed a new website - www.tensothermroofing.com - devoted exclusively to Tensotherm with Nanogel - the world
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Ingeo on display at the COP15

1 February 2010
At the Copenhagen Bella Centre in Denmark where the United Nations COP15 global conference on climate change was held in December, more than 20,000 square metres of ultra low carbon carpet was laid.
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