· Cooperation expanded to 10 top universities in Asia
· The project scope covers advanced materials, biological sciences and chemical technology research technology platform
· 23 major research projects have been completed in the field of coatings, hybrid materials, monomers and polymers, surfaces and interfaces
SHANGHAI, China - December 5, 2017 - BASF, the world's leading chemical company, announced that it will expand the scope of its Asia-Pacific post-doctoral research center, the Asian Open Research Network (NAO), increase its number of university partners and significantly expand its research areas. This will further enhance BASF's research and development capabilities in the Asia Pacific region.
NAO partners will include 10 universities in China, Japan and South Korea.
BASF and seven of Asia's leading universities jointly sponsored NAO's predecessor's Advanced Materials Research Network in March 2014. As the scope expands, NAO's partners will include 10 universities in China, Japan and South Korea, and the scope of cooperation will be covered BASF three global technology platform for all topics.The three major technology platforms include: advanced materials and systems research, biological science research and process research and chemical engineering.
Harald Lauke, president of BASF's Advanced Materials and Systems Research Platform and research representative for the Asia Pacific region, said: "NAO has proven itself as an efficient and open platform for research and has achieved exciting results since its inception, This has inspired tremendous value in research and development activities in the region, which has inspired us to extend NAO's research into other technologies and to develop more academic partners to explore cutting-edge technologies in response to specific challenges in the region. '
Since the establishment of NAO, BASF and its partners have completed 23 joint research projects spanning new monomers and polymers, surfaces and interfaces, hybrid materials and coatings, among which six projects with significant market potential have been handed over BASF's business unit for further development, others integrated into BASF's global technology portfolio or spawned scientific papers, and 10 PhD students joined BASF after completing NAO projects.
One of the successful NAO cases is the breathable wood coating developed by BASF and Tsinghua University, a solution that can prevent wood decay in humid climates and thereby prolong its useful life.In another project, Sichuan University researchers and BASF Has developed a new engineering plastic compounding technology that dramatically increases the mechanical strength of plastic parts, which are used in a wide variety of applications, including lightweight and durable automotive parts.
Currently 18 NAO projects are in progress, including the joint development of efficient fibrous polymer solar cells for electronic textile applications with Fudan University, heterogeneous catalysis for INCOE, an international network of zeolitic catalytic active materials, and multi-disciplinary development of new Pesticide solution.
Dr. Benjamin Breiten, Head of the NAO Team, said: "The NAO Network focuses on long-term collaboration to promote regular interdisciplinary exchanges between professors, students and BASF scientists." NAO is a mutual trust, exploration and exploration for us Big family of sciences. "BASF has established similar networks of science all over the world, such as JONAS (Advanced Materials and Systems Research Network in Europe), NORA (North American Advanced Materials Research Center), and CARA ).
BASF has expanded its R & D network in Asia Pacific in the past five years and has major R & D sites in China, India, Japan and South Korea in order to integrate customer and market needs as early as possible to promote innovation. As of the end of 2016, BASF's R & D staff in Asia Pacific amounted to approximately 1,100 BASF has two Innovation Parks in Shanghai and Mumbai, bringing together all those involved in the innovation process through the unique Innovation Park concept in the Asia Pacific region.
About 100 professors, students and BASF scientists who participated in the Asian Open Research Network participated in NAO Family Day on December 4 in Shanghai.
NAO's current partners include: Tsinghua University, Kyoto University, Fudan University, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Sichuan University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and National Seoul National University.