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Centre for Management Technology Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions June 2024 QUANTUM DOTS INNOVATION
Pte. Ltd. : Leonara Braganza 10-14 | Frankfurt, Germany
: Grace Oh  : +91-22 6771 6600 ACHEMA 2024 Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov are
 : +65-6346 9147 : +91-99873 82098 DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH
 : Grace@cmtsp.com.sg  : +49-69 7564 750 winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 : Leonara Braganza@rxglobal.com
: Pchi-china.com  : Visitor@dechema.de The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemis-
7-9 | Bangkok, Thailand : Achema.de/en try has been awarded to Moungi G.
In-Cosmetics Asia 2023 Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I.
Reed Exhibitions Limited April 2024 12-14 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis
: Pallavi Oak 16-18 | Paris, France Coatings Expo Vietnam 2024 – of quantum dots, as per an announce-
 : +91-22 6771 6607 In-Cosmetics Global 2024 The 9th International Exhibition on ment by the Royal Swedish Academy
Coatings and Printing Inks Industry in
of Sciences.
: +91-99873 85741 Reed Exhibitions Limited. Vietnam
: Pallavi Oak Minh Vi Exhibitions and Advertise- Quantum dots have unique proper-
21-22 | Sharjah, UAE  : +91-22 6771 6607 ment Services Co. Ltd. (VEAS) ties and now spread their light from tele-
Middle East Rubber & Tyre Expo 2023 : +91-99873 85741  : +84-28 3848 8561 vision screens and LED lamps. They
TechnoBiz  : Info@veas.com.vn catalyse chemical reactions and their
: Coatings-vietnam.com
clear light can illuminate tumour tissue
: Peram Prasada Rao : In-cosmetics.com/global/en-gb.html for a surgeon, the Academy said in a
: +66-89-489 0525 press release.
 : Technobiz.event@gmail.com Mr. Moungi G. Bawendi Mr. Louis E. Brus Mr. Alexei I. Ekimov
Quantum dots are extremely tiny – Paris-born Moungi Bawendi invented a from the Academy, hours before the
just a few millionths of a millimetre method for making custom-made quan- offi cial announcement.
December 2023 INDIA across. They are an artifi cially – creat- tum dots, opening up more commercial
4-7 | Doha, Qatar ed collection of semiconducting nano- and scientifi c uses. The prizes carry a cash award of
17th Annual GPCA Forum particles that glow blue, red or green 10 million Swedish kronor (around
Gulf Petrochemical and Chemicals when exposed to light. Their exact size “Quantum dots are thus bringing $1-mn) and will be awarded on December
Association (GPCA) determines the colour of light they emit the greatest benefi t to humankind. Re- 10. The money comes from a bequest
: Sales Team when given energy. The smallest quan- searchers believe that in the future they left by the prize’s creator, Swedish in-
tum dots emit higher energy waves and could contribute to fl exible electronics, ventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
: +971-4 451 0666 (Ext. 103, 106, 155) produce blue light, and biggest dots tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and
 : +971-4 451 0777 release lower energy waves creating encrypted quantum communication – Last year the prestigious prize
 : Jhoanna@gpca.org.ae red light, with the middle sizes creating so we have just started exploring the was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi,
R
: Gpcaforum.com the colours in between. potential of these tiny particles,” the Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless
release added. The 2023 Nobel Prize for the development of click chemis-
13-15 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates R The three winners are US-based. laureates in chemistry have all been try and bioorthogonal chemistry. Their
ArabPlast 2023 – 16th International Russian physicist Alexei Ekimov, 78, is pioneers in the exploration of the nano- work in click chemistry has been used
credited with fi rst discovering quantum world, said the Academy.
to develop pharmaceuticals, mapping
trade show for plastics, petrochemi- dots in the 1980s, and US chemist Louis DNA while bioorthogonal chemistry
cals, packaging & rubber industry Brus, 80, then realised the crystals The names of the winners were re- refi ned the pharmaceuticals used to
Al Fajer Information and Services could be developed fl oating in fl uid. leased accidentally in a press release treat cancer.
: Rasheed Mbayed 24 25 APRIL, 2024
 : Rasheed@alfajer.net Ascend hikes nylon prices on rising costs
: +971-55 955 5982 HALLS 1, 2 & 3
: Arabplast.info/ US-based Ascend Performance adipic acid, FlexaTrac branded acids,
Materials, the largest fully integrated esters & specialties, FlexaTram specia-
March 2024 producer of nylon 6,6, has announced lity amines, among others. The price
global price increases due to signifi - increases, which took effect early
20-22 | Shanghai, China cant increases in input costs, where ducts include neat PA66 polymer, PA6 October 2023, ranges from $0.05 per kg
PCHi China 2024 contracts allow. The impacted pro- compounds, hexamethylene diamine, to $0.50 per kg.

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