The use of the soft substrate hexagonal boron nitride reduces damage to the atomic structure caused by strain, allowing materials to keep their conductive properties as films as thin as 12 nm.

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The Hoechst group (D-65926 Frankfurt) has reorganised its engineering plastics division according to products and geographical regions. Replacing the previous geographical structure will be four new ...

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The new structure will also help Sabic connect with the relevant plastics organisations, he said. The unified team will be able to provide multi-product customers with complementary services, ...

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It also helps to keep moisture from evaporating into the atmosphere, which keeps the skin hydrated. The stratum corneum often is described as having a brick-and-mortar type of structure. In this ...