The Dow Chemical Company – TechConnect Briefs

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Silver Nanowires and Application as Transparent Conductive Materials

George A.L., McGough P.T., Lunn J.D., Wang W., Kuo T.-C., Todd C.C., Goss J.M., Collins R.M., Malek A., Calverley E.M., The Dow Chemical Company, US

A scalable hydrothermal synthesis for silver nanowires has been developed. The new synthetic route is expected to be compatible with industrially available reactor systems and offer environmental and safety advantages due to use of aqueous [...]

Optical Properties of Hybrid Materials

Rao Y.Q., The Dow Chemical Company, US

Optical properties of materials are very important for many applications. One example is optical computing where photons replace electrons so that the computation speed can be further improved. In construction of optical computing devices, polymers [...]

Synthesis and Application of nano-size polymer colloids at The Dow Chemical Company

Tucker C.J., The Dow Chemical Company, US

Over the last 50+ years The Dow Chemical Company has sponsored numerous research programs involving the preparation and use of nano-size colloidal systems. The nano-colloids used range from soft (liquid microemulsions) to solid (polymeric) materials [...]