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.…
While plastic bags clog the waste stream, recycling them isn’t financially attractive, since they’re usually turned into very low-value products.…
The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) developed a bio-polycarbonate which has been monopolized by Japan, and opened up…
AIMPLAS is participating in the DECOAT project. The project consortium, led by Belgian R&D centre CENTEXBEL, consists of 17 partners…
Whether in agriculture, industry or private households, chemicals are needed everywhere. However, their production requires a very large amount of…
Electricity harvested from the sun or wind can be used interchangeably with power from coal or petroleum sources. Or sustainably…
https://youtu.be/1NXCR06T86E Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs.…
At ICE 2019, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and for Organic…
Together with partners, Covestro is investigating how recycling polyurethane plastics can be significantly improved. The materials manufacturer is part of…
Researchers led by Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at UH, have created a durable silicone polymer…
S-PPV polymers in bright colors Credit: TU Wien Organic polymers can nowadays be found in solar cells, sensors, LEDs and…
A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don't require land or fresh water — resources…
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming – into plastics,…
Adhesives to join components are indispensable in industry, but reliable joining is no longer sufficient. The recycling economy pushed by…
Diagrams illustrate the self-healing properties of the new material. At top, a crack is created in the material, which is…
[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…
Adhesion is involved whenever industrial components are moved to and from without any residues being left behind. But the surfaces…
Humankind has already produced more than eight billion tons of plastic. Every year, we add another 80 million tons of…
New method developed at University of Warwick enables hundreds of polymers to be synthesised and tested for ability to kill…