Receives Silver Medal in Special Recognition Green Tech Category
DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has won four 2023 R&D100 Awards in the Mechanical/Materials category and received a Silver Medal in the Special Recognition Green Tech category. The R&D 100 Awards, sponsored by R&D World Magazine, recognizes the 100 most innovative technologies of the previous year.
¡°We¡¯re honored to be recognized for our teams' unwavering commitment to excellence, helping our customers address their most pressing sustainability challenges – from clean water to sustainable shelter to next-gen automotive,¡± said Alexa Dembek, DuPont Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer. ¡°Receiving these awards exemplifies the commitment and dedication our teams display every day to deliver essential innovations to thrive.¡±
The following are DuPont¡¯s 2023 R&D100 Award-winning products and innovations:
FilmTec¢â Fortilife¢â NF1000 Nanofiltration Element – FilmTec¢â Fortilife¢â NF1000, a spiral-wound nanofiltration membrane, yields high water flux with exceptional high-pH durability while accomplishing challenging separations in high-pressure industrial wastewater applications. As the world strives to reuse more wastewater --either from industrial or municipal applications – NF1000 enables the most challenging wastewater reuse applications (coal-to-chemical, textiles, petrochemical, industrial power, steel/metals), while reducing energy and increasing productivity.
Sustainable Ion Exchange Resin for Ultrapure Water Treatment – DuPont¢â AmberTec¢â UP4000Pd OH Ion Exchange Resin is a strong base anion exchange resin doped with highly active palladium nanoparticles useful for removing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from the ultrapure water (UPW) used for semiconductor manufacturing processes. DuPont¢â AmberTec¢â UP4000Pd OH, which brings enhanced performance and improved sustainability to the application. A critical component of the chip manufacturing process is the ultrapure water that is used in a range of process steps such as wafer cleaning—these process steps are highly sensitive to impurities in this process stream. H2O2 present in the UPW as a side product of UV treatment of organic impurities can cause problems such as corrosion of system components. In addition to the award, DuPont also received a Special Recognition Silver Medal in the Green Tech category for this innovative product.
DuPont¢â Styrofoam¢â Brand Plazamate¢â XR Extruded Polystyrene Foam with 30% Higher Thermal Resistivity – DuPont¢â Styrofoam¢â Brand Plazamate¢â XR Foam Insulation has the highest thermal resistance per inch of any extruded polystyrene (XPS) roofing insulation, delivering superior thermal-insulating performance and moisture resistance, with a 30 percent higher R-value than traditional XPS roofing insulation. This evolutionary, low-global warming potential (GWP) Styrofoam¢â Brand insulation product also offers LEED Embodied Carbon/LCA Optimization credit, making it an ideal solution for sustainable and efficient commercial roofing.
DuPont¢â BETAMATE¢â Broad Bake Adhesives for sustainable mass manufacturing of battery electric vehicles – DuPont¢â BETAMATE¢â broad bake adhesives are a novel solution enabling sustainable manufacturing of next-generation electric vehicles through a significant reduction of the e-coat oven temperature. This solution provides significant energy savings while durably bonding the high mass underbody of EV body structures in the body shop. In addition, BETAMATE¢â broad bake adhesives provide excellent corrosion resistance, enhance passenger safety, deliver high elastic modulus and tensile strength, maintaining the quality of the bond over the vehicle¡¯s projected lifetime and with a shelf life of at least six months.
The R&D 100 Awards, now in its 61st year, are widely recognized as the ¡°Oscars of Invention,¡± as they identify and celebrate the top technology products and services of the year. This year, the R&D Awards received entries from 15 different countries and regions and nominations were judged by 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world.