A new recycling method breaks mixed plastics into their building blocks and selectively rebuilds each one, turning multilayer ...

Rochester, N.Y.-based sustainable materials company Novomer has developed efficient catalyst technology that allows for the commercial production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers. The company ...

ORNL’s invention may change plastic’s environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Across the world, a considerable amount of the plastics and synthetic fibers used daily are produced from polymerization processes. Thus, there is a significant demand for process optimization and ...

A team of French chemists has developed a new process to create plastics that are almost entirely recyclable. This process relies on the use of a nitrogen-based molecule that initiates polymerization ...

ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls – these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, known for extreme durability. Their “crosslinked polymer” chemical ...

The current use of metal catalysts to develop polymers leads to suboptimal quality polymers that contain metallic impurities and involves a reaction process that is not environment friendly. Now, ...

Econic Technologies, a spin-out company from Imperial College in London that is developing catalysts that enable the production of plastics, such as polycarbonates and polyurethanes using CO2 as one ...