Features
WACKER’s Features offer you regularly updated articles – with photos – about innovations and new, interesting applications and solutions. The articles are well written and easy to understand for use in various media forms.
August 2022
mRNA Therapeutics – Why WACKER Is Investing in this Future Technology
Vaccines based on mRNA protected humanity against a worst-case scenario during the Covid-19 pandemic. These mRNA therapeutics will soon be able not just to protect against various virus infections, but also to heal cancer.
September 2021
Nutraceuticals: Helpers for the Cardiovascular System
Some foods do more than just supply energy. Nutraceuticals are considered to have prophylactic and health benefits.
June 2020
Vaccines: Training the Immune System
Polio, cholera, COVID-19: in part life-threatening illnesses caused by bacteria and viruses. Vaccines help the body defend itself against infection and get the immune system in shape to fight dangerous pathogens.
March 2020
Therapeutic Bacteria
Biologics are the pharmaceuticals of the future. Instead of by chemical synthesis, they are produced in living organisms such as bacterial cells.
May 2018
Effective Protection against Graffiti and More
Sometimes it’s just scribbles, sometimes it’s full-size murals in all the colors of the rainbow: graffiti. Some of the sprayers engaging in this mischief are tempted because it’s forbidden, others do it to gain kudos from their peers.
January 2018
Molded into Shape: Novel Process for Moldable Gum
The colors, raw materials and other ingredients in chewing gum are always changing – their shapes, on the other hand, have been limited to sticks, candy-coated pellets and gumballs.
October 2014
Fitness from Within: Nature-Identical Hydroxytyrosol
Fresh fish, lots of fruits and vegetables, a serving of walnuts every day and, most importantly, olive oil.
January 2014
Keeping Odor and Flames at Bay: Novel VAE Binders for Low-Emission Carpet Applications
The choice of binders plays a key role in many applications and industries.
April 2013
New Polymers for Water-Permeable Concrete Tracks: The Bebenroth Tunnel Project
A concrete track that allows thousands of liters of water to drain away in just a few minutes?
March 2013
Foam Jackets for Steel Columns
Sports stadiums, skyscrapers and airport terminals are just three examples of the increasing number of new buildings going up in metropolitan areas at a breathtaking rate.
March 2013
Foam Jackets for Steel Columns
Sports stadiums, skyscrapers and airport terminals are just three examples of the increasing number of new buildings going up in metropolitan areas at a breathtaking rate.
December 2011
Clever Adhesives for High-Quality Woods
Nature is moving into the home thanks to wood. No other material is so versatile to use.
May 2011
Safely tucked away: A Cyclodextrin Wrap-per Protects Functional Ingredients for Foods and Beverages
Molecules with special talents: cyclodextrins resemble donuts that are able to accommodate specific molecules and then selectively release them.
December 2010
A Special Bond: Polymeric Binding Powder Fuses Cork and Slate to Form Natural Stone Flooring that is Warm Underfoot
The thought of wall or floor coverings on a roll usually calls to mind wallpaper or carpet.
August 2010
Climate Protection: Innovative Construction Chemistry Increases Energy Efficiency
Greenhouse gas emissions can only be limited if energy is used more efficiently than it has been to date.
December 2009
Concrete Deep Within a Mountain: Specialty Silanes Protect the Roof of the Swiss Gotthard Tunnel
No matter how important water may be in the production of concrete, salt water and concrete form a lethal cocktail.
November 2009
Let There Be LEDs: Silicones Simplify the Production of Energy-Saving, Climate-Protecting Light-Emitting Diodes
Light means progress: the incandescent light bulb, once the pioneer of a global lighting revolution, is disappearing from stores.
November 2009
Let There Be LEDs: Silicones Simplify the Production of Energy-Saving, Climate-Protecting Light-Emitting Diodes
Light means progress: the incandescent light bulb, once the pioneer of a global lighting revolution, is disappearing from stores.
June 2009
Thermal Insulation in a Desert Climate: Sustainable Construction in the Middle East – Using Polymeric Binders to Save Energy and Protect the Climate
The costs for energy and raw materials are rising worldwide, while resources are becoming scarcer. Even in regions with large oil reserves, people have started looking for ways to conserve energy.
April 2009
Polymeric Binders for Tunnel Walls – New Standards in Infrastructure Projects
Whether in tunneling, mining, hydraulic engineering or road construction, sprayed concrete is a construction material of major importance.
April 2009
Versatile Fragrances: Walls with New Functions
Essential oils are much sought-after. They can change your mood, combat microbes and repel pests. But their action is only fleeting – they are volatile and quickly degrade.
March 2009
A New Facade for Cairo’s Television Tower
Cairo’s summer temperatures often soar above 45°C. Such extreme conditions are hard on inhabitants and structures alike.
September 2008
Polymeric Sealing Slurries: Protection of Tomorrow’s Resources
Water is a vital resource that is becoming ever scarcer and ever more precious around the globe. However, it is also a construction material’s greatest enemy, since rainwater, groundwater and vadose water can cause rapid and extensive damage to buildings.
July 2007
50 Years of VINNAPAS®: Mortar’s Metamorphosis – a Dispersible Polymer Powder Makes History
Usually invisible, but always indispensable: WACKER’s polymer dispersible powders have been leaving their mark on the construction industry for 50 years.
June 2007
Streamlining Construction Work – Self-Leveling Fillers Produce Level Surfaces
The modern construction industry values versatility together with quick and easy handling. That is particularly true for flooring compounds, where good adhesion to any substrate and crack-free hardening are required.
April 2007
No More Boiling of Hair – The Answer Now Lies in Biotechnology: Cysteine from the Bio-Reactor
In many places, the amino acid cysteine is nowadays still extracted from human or animal sources: from hair, feathers and pig bristles.
March 2007
Cosmetics in Nanocups – The Smallest Beauty Cases in the World
With the growing wellness trend, highly active ingredients, such as vitamins have been playing a greater role in anti-aging agents and anti-wrinkle creams. However, the major drawback of all these substances is that they decompose easily when exposed to light and air, and thereby lose their effectiveness.
September 2006
A Climate Change at Home
When temperatures plunge in winter, prices for natural gas, heating oil and electricity always go up.
September 2006
A Climate Change at Home
When temperatures plunge in winter, prices for natural gas, heating oil and electricity always go up.
November 2005
Protection for Bridge Piers by Deep Impregnation
Corrosive salts are a curse for thousands of bridges.