Düsseldorf, Germany — With the formal adoption of the single-use plastics directive by the European Council in May, the ax officially fell for the producers of disposable products such as plastic ...
The cell walls of plants, the silk spun by spiders, the bark of rubber trees, the hardy outer shells of insect bodies; all these and a dozen other items found in nature are composed of a substance ...
Despite being relatively new, synthetic polymers — also known as plastics — are one of the most widely produced materials by volume 1. Most developments in polymer design were driven by demands for ...
Natural polymers, such as gelatin, cellulose, alginate, chitin, starch, rubber, and fibrin, are used to develop green nanocomposites. Their use also expands to ...
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