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New results from a group of researchers at the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and BOKU Vienna show that bacteria from cow stomachs can be used to degrade polyesters, which are used to make textiles, packaging and compostable plastic bags, among other things. On the one hand, the more
Finding innovative and sustainable solutions to our material needs is one of the core objectives of green chemistry. The myriad plastics that envelop our daily life - from mattresses to food and cars - are mostly made from oil-based monomers which are the building blocks of polymers. Therefore, find more
While the polyester leisure suit was a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers like nylon are still around and are a major contributor to the microplastics load in the environment, according to a Penn State materials scientist, who suggests switching to biosynthetic fibers to solve this more
With the new season of the Premier League kicking off this weekend, it seemed a good time to take a look at the chemicals that make up your average football shirt. Even if the start of a new football season isn’t the kind of event to fill you with excitement, it’s still intriguing from a chemistry p more
The 2018 World Cup kicked off! Here’s some of the chemistry you can look out for over the next month; polymers make up the ball and the shirts, and chemistry also has a part to play in the vanishing spray that referees will be using during the games. more
Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 1011: Structural Coloration of Polyester Fabrics Coated with Al/TiO2 Composite Films and Their Anti-Ultraviolet Properties Materials doi: 10.3390/ma11061011 Authors: Xiaohong Yuan Yuanjing Ye Min Lian Qufu Wei Al/TiO2 composite film was successfully dep more
Conversion of platform molecule 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into highvalue-added derivatives has attracted significant interest. FDCA and its esters are important derivatives of HMF, which can be used as polyester monomers and pharmaceutical intermediates. In this paper, the oxidative esterificati more
An environment-friendly series of linseed-oil (LO)-based alkyd/Cu2O nanocube nanocomposite coatings was fabricated by a solution-casting method. An easy A2 + B3 approach was used to synthesize a hyperbranched polyester using natural and functional monomers. LO alkyd resin with a hyperbranched archit more
For several decades, food packaging has made handling food easier and helped to maintain its quality. Plastic packaging possesses the advantage that it is light and flexible, with a vast variety of polymer modifications allowing a wide range of usages. more
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