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Zeon Develops World’s First Microorganism-Based Carbon Nanotube Degradation Method

Zeon Corporation has in collaboration with a research group led by Professor Katsutoshi Hori of the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Tokai National University Organization, and a Nagoya University venture company, Friend Microbe, developed the world’s first new method to efficiently degrade carbon nanotubes (CNT) using microorganisms. Until now, it has been believed that CNTs, an inorganic material composed...

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Nitta Makes New Development in Proprietary CNT Dispersion Technology

Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) has recently developed new technology to be applied as part of the company’s proprietary carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion technology. The new technology improves flow, conductivity and film strength by taking elongated, isolated and dispersed CNTs and turning these into round cotton ball-like shapes. As it improves in usability, Nitta’s new technology is expected to find an expanded...

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Yonex Adopts Nitta’s CNT Technology for Tennis Rackets

Sporting goods maker Yonex Co. Ltd. (TYO:7906) plans to manufacture tennis rackets with shafts that incorporate Namd prepreg, a carbon fiber prepreg made using Nitta Corp.’s (TYO:5186) proprietary Namd technology for carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion and synthesis. The use of Namd prepreg in the shafts of VCore Pro tennis rackets is expected to provide a combination of strength, flexibility and...

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Nitta’s CNT Team Receives Environmental Technology Award from Kinki Chemical Society

Members of the carbon nanotube (CNT) development team at Nitta Corp. (TYO:5186) have received an award for environmental technology from the Kinki Chemical Society. The specific achievement earning the recognition was the team’s success in reducing the weight of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) made from CNT composite carbon fibers. Making CFRP products more lightweight will enable more efficient use...

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