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Bio-based UV-curing varnishes with good properties
Scientists have synthesized fully bio-based branched unsaturated polyester oligomers for UV-curable coatings. In a new work, fully bio-based branched unsaturated polyester (BUPE) oligomers were synthesized by one-step solvent-free polycondensation using itaconic acid, isosorbide and glycerol are synthesized as starting materials. The…
Diapers can be recycled 200 times faster with UV radiation - recycled plastic molecules can be used in many ways
More than 100.000 tons of disposable diapers are thrown away in Germany every year. This means that huge amounts of valuable raw materials end up in the trash, including absorbent pads. Their core consists of special polymers called superabsorbers. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now...
Heraeus is selling its specialty lighting business Heraeus Noblelight to Excelitas Technologies
The Heraeus Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its specialty lighting business Heraeus Noblelight to US-based Excelitas Technologies Corp. based in Waltham, Massachusetts. Excelitas Technologies will take over 100 percent of the shares in Heraeus Noblelight GmbH. “Heraeus Noblelight is…
BCD Chemie and Robert Kraemer start a sales partnership
Robert Kraemer, manufacturer of bio-based resins and binders for coatings, printing inks, adhesives and many other applications, is entering into a sales partnership with BCD Chemie. With the topic of sustainability in focus, both partners expect a successful collaboration that, in addition to…
Polyurethane-acrylate resins based on isosorbide
Isosorbide (IS) is an ideal bio-based monomer suitable for producing high-performance polymers as a replacement for petroleum-based materials. In this study, IS is used as a starting material for the production of polyurethane-acrylate resins (PUA-ISCL2/4/6/8) and finally for the production of UV-cured coatings…
