Turning plastic bags into adhesives
While plastic bags clog the waste stream, recycling them isn’t financially attractive, since they’re usually turned into very low-value products.…
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KRICT to become a new leading player in the monopolized bio-polycarbonate market
The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) developed a bio-polycarbonate which has been monopolized by Japan, and opened up…
DECOAT project: Smart additives for plastics and textiles with coatings that are difficult to recycle
AIMPLAS is participating in the DECOAT project. The project consortium, led by Belgian R&D centre CENTEXBEL, consists of 17 partners…
Resource-saving production in the chemical industry at Fraunhofer ITWM
Whether in agriculture, industry or private households, chemicals are needed everywhere. However, their production requires a very large amount of…
Sustainable, carbon-neutral and low-cost bioplastics from electricity-eating microbes
Electricity harvested from the sun or wind can be used interchangeably with power from coal or petroleum sources. Or sustainably…
Bee Spit and Flower Oil based Bioinspired Adhesive
https://youtu.be/1NXCR06T86E Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs.…
Safer Food – Less Waste: the development of special polymer films and the deposition of ultra-thin layers for the packaging industry
At ICE 2019, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and for Organic…
Covestro to involve in a new Europe-wide research project: Improving the recycling of polyurethane plastics
Together with partners, Covestro is investigating how recycling polyurethane plastics can be significantly improved. The materials manufacturer is part of…
Researchers report breakthrough in ice-repelling materials
Researchers led by Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at UH, have created a durable silicone polymer…
Viennese Scientists develop promising new type of polymers
S-PPV polymers in bright colors Credit: TU Wien Organic polymers can nowadays be found in solar cells, sensors, LEDs and…
The new sustainable biopolymer technology developed by TAU researchers: made from microorganisms and spawned in seawater
A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don't require land or fresh water — resources…
How to Convert Climate-Changing Carbon Dioxide into Plastics and Other Products
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming – into plastics,…
New adhesive for better recycling
Adhesives to join components are indispensable in industry, but reliable joining is no longer sufficient. The recycling economy pushed by…
Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air
Diagrams illustrate the self-healing properties of the new material. At top, a crack is created in the material, which is…
Adhesive system inspired by underwater creatures: safer, sustainable solution for $100 billion industries
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhblikR3SBU?rel=0] Purdue University researchers have developed a unique, toxin-free adhesive system developed from underwater creatures. They hope it will make…
Innovative combination of hard and soft materials improves adhesion to rough surfaces
Adhesion is involved whenever industrial components are moved to and from without any residues being left behind. But the surfaces…
The beginning of a revolution in packaging
Humankind has already produced more than eight billion tons of plastic. Every year, we add another 80 million tons of…
Bacteria-fighting polymers created with light
New method developed at University of Warwick enables hundreds of polymers to be synthesised and tested for ability to kill…