Several kinds of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biosynthesized by various bacteria as energy-storage materials. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 They may be produced from renewable ...

Discover how polymer upcycling through reactive extrusion and FTIR microscopy enables enhanced blend compatibilization for ...

Using polymers in new applications involves matching the material properties with the application requirements. In most cases the polymer will be engineered to suit the application. This involves ...

Carbon nanomaterials offer formulators and designers of polymer composites additives that can boost mechanical strength. However, these improvements do not materialize as expected when such systems ...

(Nanowerk News) Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of biomedical fields, such as drug delivery, disease detection/diagnosis, biosensing, ...

This paper describes the development and commercialization of a new polymer blend technology. This technology is a radical step forward resulting in the most synergistic thermoplastic blends available ...