Researchers from the University of Minho in Portugal started with silicone rubber polymer and added zirconia nanoparticles to make the material attract water molecules. After they rolled the composite ...

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Since Elmet began in 1996, the Oftering, Austria-based supplier of dosing systems and multi-component molds for liquid silicone rubber components has adapted its technology as major ... Simtec ...

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Contrary to the stated goal of making you healthier, the watch bands of your wearables could be doing the opposite.

In response to a growing market, Wacker Chemie A.G. is expanding production of specialty silicones in Japan and South Korea ...

A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot -- literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over ...

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, P.R. China ...

The distribution agreement will give Alan Harper Composites, a leading company in reusable silicone technology, easier access ...

They're nonstick and, being silicone, you can spread the easy-cleaning joy to your microwave, too. However you use them, they'll make the entire mealtime production even easier. We know what you ...

Traditional anti-slip materials, such as natural rubber, repel water. But on ice, this approach can backfire. The pressure ...