Research in the areas of plastics, polymers, and biodegradable materials ranges from additive manufacturing to food packaging. This work focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable ...

published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, said: 'We were surprised that cells exposed to conventional plastic bags showed no trace of toxicity. 'However, we did detect it in biodegradable ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups ... Join two ...

A team of materials scientists from Istituto Italiano ... has found a way to use keratin to make a type of biodegradable plastic. In their paper published in the journal Matter, the group ...