A new discovery offers a promising way to break down stubborn plastics like Plexiglass into their original building blocks, ...

Acrylic polymers such as poly (methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all-carbon backbones that give these ...

A research team has introduced an innovative solution for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This ...

"Under ambient sunlight, the energy is not sufficient to break down these polymers. But if you increase the light intensity enough, then you start seeing the depolymerization. "We can certainly ...

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Solution of (a) before the reaction: poly(ethylene adipate) 500 mg, ethanol 5.0 mL, titanium catalyst (1.0 mol%). (b) Reaction mixture after 150 ºC for 6 h (clear ...

The company has been granted a patent for a nylon recycling process and has applied for another that enables the use of ...

Lapo Srl, an Italian eyewear lens manufacturer, and specialty and sustainable material provider Trinseo, based in Wayne, ...