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Project partners include three large European automotive OEMs (VW, Daimler, Fiat Research Centre); suitcase manufacturer Samsonite; four specialized suppliers in the field of composite materials and their applications; and six universities. Thermoplastics are polymers that liquefy when heated and harden to a solid state when cooled down.).

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Researchers at Switzerland’s Empa—an interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development within the ETH Domain —have developed a manufacturing process for nano-cellulose powder for use as a raw material for creating polymer composites. It is also biodegradable.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Engineers from the University of Houston and the University of Texas report that waterflooding with a surfactant—thereby altering the wettability of oil reservoir rocks—can increase oil recovery from 62 to 85%. Polymers are used to improve the sweep efficiency by providing mobility control. —Mohan et al.

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An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine.

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The grand opening of the new ACSL also marks the 30th anniversary of Lamborghini’s use of carbon fiber reinforced polymer in its vehicles. One of the more critical recent developments for Lamborghini in carbon fiber is the Forged Composite technology, developed in collaboration with Callaway Golf and the University of Washington.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

To aid in overcoming these challenges, in June 2011, the President announced the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership and the Materials Genome Initiative for Economic Competitiveness. The long-term goal of the LM3I Institute will be to expand the market for and create new consumers of products and systems that utilize new, lightweight, high?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

BEI) of Chino, California, a manufacturer of advanced components for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, is moving its headquarters to Tallahassee, Florida. BEI, in collaboration with Florida State University’s (FSU) Dr. Jim P. Bing will begin production in March of 2011 and serve the domestic and international energy markets.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Neutron scattering analysis performed at ORNL shows the lamellar structure of a hydrogen-producing, biohybrid composite material formed by the self-assembly of naturally occurring, light harvesting proteins with polymers. Source: ORNL. Click to enlarge. —Hugh O’Neill, ORNL Center for Structural Molecular Biology.

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APRIL 30, 2011

Researchers at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology have demonstrated a system for the direct selective oxidation of methane to a methanol derivative, methyl trifluoroacetate. Methanol is a versatile chemical that can produce a range of polymers and fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Researchers from Clemson University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used to manufacture the components. 1 V vs. Li/Li +. Click to enlarge. 1209150.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Axens, Total and IFPEN have introduced Atol, a technology for profitable production of polymer-grade bio-ethylene via the dehydration of ethanol (C 2 H 6 O). Atol is the result of a partnership between Total, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its affiliate Axens that started in 2011. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in In May 2011, Dauenhauer was awarded a five-year, $800,000 Early Career Award in Basic Energy Sciences from the DOE. cyclodextrin—in high-temperature pyrolysis processes.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Chemists at the University of Illinois report the development of a nickel-based homogeneous catalyst that could more effectively support the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from biomass as well as improved liquefaction of coal. Hartwig (2011) Selective, Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers. Sergeev and John F.

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MAY 6, 2011

Selaginella moellendorffii (Jing-Ke Weng, Salk University). Purdue University botanist Jody Banks, the lead author of the paper, originally proposed that the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) sequence spikemoss as part of the DOE JGI’s 2005 Community Sequencing Program. Click to enlarge. —Jody Banks.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

to develop and test a 25 kWh prototype battery system based on nanostructured polymer electrolytes. Seeo is targeting the production of a total of 1,000 cells with optimized power and energy by December 2011, with final pack design by June 2012. Funds for the 13 projects come from the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Tsinghua University (China) have synthesized graphene oxide-sulfur (GO-S) nanocomposite cathodes and applied them in lithium/sulfur cells to show a high reversible capacity of 950-1400 mAh g -1 and stable cycling for more than 50 deep cycles at 0.1C (1C = 1675 mA g -1 ). Click to enlarge.

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JULY 11, 2011

Engineers at Arizona State University have engineered E. US consumption of styrene in 2006 was 9,600 million pounds, > 99% of which was consumed in the production of polymers and copolymers. Nielsen (2011) Styrene biosynthesis from glucose by engineered E. US manufacturers produced an estimated 11,387 million pounds of.

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This will include accelerating progress to market; enhancing entrepreneurship at universities; and utilizing Federal procurement authority. A dedicated commitment to translational efforts will accelerate movement of bioinventions out of laboratories and into markets, the Blueprint says.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

The aqueous carbohydrate solutions produced via hydrolysis were a mixture of xylose, water soluble hemicellulose oligomers, acetic acid, glucose, glucose oligomers, and probably some lignin polymers. Huber (2011) Renewable gasoline from aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of aqueous sugar solutions prepared by hydrolysis of maple wood.

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Ford is collaborating with Magna International on its new battery electric vehicle targeted for 2011. with DMC524 inverter and transaxle gearset, fed by a 25 kWh lithium polymer (LiPo) battery pack. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The drive consists of a front and a rear electric motor HSM1-6.17.12 Usable range is more than 200 km.

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There won’t be Scotch tape on the final model,” says Costanzo , as he rearranges the gear in his lab at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), in Richmond. But the project really took off in 2011 when he began talking with his colleague. Krishna Persaud is advising the Virginia Commonwealth University team on e-nose sensors.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

A team from the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, reports on an improved material for capturing carbon dioxide from the air—silica?organic Narayanan (2011) Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based Regenerable Solid Adsorbent. Click to enlarge.

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A) SEM image of the CNT membrane surface, showing CNT tips emerging from the polymer. The difficulty and high cost of making CNT membranes has confined them to university laboratories and has been frequently cited as the limiting factor in their widespread use. He has a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Yale University.

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The prototype is three-quarters the size of models from 2011, the year when MotorBrain began; the prototype now being presented could fit in a conventional-sized laptop or notebook backpack. The MotorBrain project began in the fall of 2011, and will conclude in October 2014. The motor is also lighter than before.

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Vanderbilt University, Nissan North America and Georgia Institute of Technology are collaborating to test a new technique to electospin low-platinum-metal-group (low PGM) electrocatalysts with a proton-conducting binder to improve durability and performance of fuel cell electrodes. Earlier post.). Electrochem. and Pintauro, P.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Researchers at Purdue University have received a five-year, $5.274-million award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science’s Biological and Environmental Research program (DOE-BER) to support a project to reroute the carbon that plants currently use to make lignin and convert it directly into a biofuel.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

After more than a decade of research, a University of Minnesota team of researchers has devised a means for developing free-standing, highly crystalline zeolite nanosheets that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost-effective and energy-efficient. Source: Varoon et al. Click to enlarge. McCormick, K.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Cyclic hydrocarbons are important for fuel components, chemicals, and polymer precursors. A team at the University of North Dakota has investigated the occurrence patterns of cyclic products obtained via the thermal cracking of several TG feedstocks, such as canola and soybean oils, to probe possible formation mechanisms.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Researchers at Stanford University led by Professors Yi Cui and Zhenan Bao have developed a “conductive wrapping” method that greatly improves the supercapacitor performance of hybrid graphene/MnO 2 (GM)-based nanostructured electrodes. Credit: ACS, Yu et al. Click to enlarge. —Yu et al. Nano Letters DOI: 10.1021/nl2026635.

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The 250 V Lithium polymer batteries (40 Ah, 4V per cell) are made by KOKAM and are housed within the inboard part of the wings outside the cockpit and provided with venting and passive cooling. One of them is in the Diamond Aircraft DA36 E-Star 2 motor glider first introduced at the Paris Air Show 2011. and 1 hour, EADS said.

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Whitesides of Harvard University. Both Nano-Terra and Exide currently anticipate that the first new product solutions will be presented to customers by 2011. The solutions under development in this collaboration are based on the surface engineering methods pioneered by Nano-Terra and its co-founder, Professor George M.

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If electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft do manage to revolutionize transportation, the date of 5 October 2011, may live on in aviation lore. The batteries were modified model-aircraft lithium-polymer types. Canada, startling his wife and several of his friends. “So,

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The nanowires were synthesized with a polymer-pyrolysis method. Saraf, Zhenguo Yang and Jun Liu (2011) Reversible Sodium Ion Insertion in Single Crystalline Manganese Oxide Nanowires with Long Cycle Life, Advanced Materials doi: 10.1002/adma.201100904. Credit: Cao et al. Click to enlarge. 128 mAh g -1 at 0.1 1000 cycles at 0.5

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The Q5 hybrid quattro, which goes into production in 2011, is the first hybrid model from Audi with two drive systems. The polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell outputs 98 kW (133 hp). To be summarized in Part 2.). Q5 hybrid and drivetrain. Click to enlarge. Its gasoline engine, a 2.0 Earlier post.)

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Hyundai will in months offer 2 models that will leap frog toyota and honda by years - it will be based on a lithium POLYMER battery thats lighter, cheaper, and maintains charge many times longer than NiCad batteries and all at a price half that of Volt. And thats not even the half of it, can anyone say …GODZILLA ,,,its GODZILLA!

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In addition to a recent electric car deal with NISSAN Motors ( NSANY ), Portland General Electric, the Oregon state governor and GE have also announced a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors ( MMTOF.PK ) to develop and sell the Miev electric car with 85 mile range by 2011. By 2011 look for a larger THINK Ox.

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