Wenda cooperates with Japanese companies to set up laboratories to study photodynotes

In its efforts to transition to a research university, the University of Brunei, in collaboration with the Brunei Economic Development Authority and the Japanese manufacturer Pixela, has established a
Pixela laboratory on campus to conduct photo-catalytic coatings
for photo-catalytic coatings.
this morning, The Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei and Chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Bureau, Dato Hazi Ariapong, presided over the opening ceremony of the laboratory at the Science and Technology Building in Brunei.
Wenda said in a statement that pixela laboratory will be mainly for the development of photodynam coatings that can be used in tropical climates, the establishment of the laboratory also hopes to attract domestic and foreign companies to engage in research and development in Brunei, thereby promoting domestic commercial activities, to assist Brunei's knowledge-based economic development and the implementation of the national ambitious 2035.
also attended this morning's ceremony, including Associate Professor Azman Amal, Acting President of Wenda, Dr. Zhiming Lin, Director of the Advanced Materials and Energy Science Center (COMES), Dr. Toru Kitamura, President of Pialex Technologies, a subsidiary of Pixela, senior consultant at Pialex Technologies and Professor of Applied Chemistry at Osaka University.
said pixela's research is expected to be commercialized and attract potential investors. In addition, through the new laboratory to enhance its international visibility, the University of Choice for national and international students.
under the Brunei Research Award Scheme (BRISc), the Brunei Government will assume 70 per cent of the research and development fund (including manpower, training, equipment, materials and advice) and rent. The foreign company is encouraged to work with domestic research institutions to enhance their scientific research capabilities through the exchange and transfer of knowledge, experience and technology.
, according to Dr. Lin Zhiming, there are currently six Brunei students involved in photodynamin coating research projects, four of whom are master's students and two are doctoral students.
's Centre for Advanced Materials and Energy Sciences has been involved in a number of high-profile research projects in recent years, including the production of electricity through the use of pigments from tropical parasitic plants, which were granted invention patents by the Brunei Patent Registry in April 2012.