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Virginia Tech biodegradable plastic development

Overview

Virginia Tech researchers have developed a new method for creating a biodegradable plastic that combines strength, toughness, and flexibility. By rearranging molecular building blocks into cyclic polyesters, the team created a material that avoids the typical trade-off where increased strength results in brittleness.

According to study leader Rong Tong, this molecular architecture provides effective oxygen barriers, making the material potentially suitable for long-term packaging applications.

Entities

Virginia Tech · Guoliang Liu · Rong Tong · Hannes Niederhauser · Kontron AG

Timeline

about 12 hours ago

[TECHNOLOGY] 7 sources
Virginia Tech researchers develop strong, flexible biodegradable plastic
Virginia Tech researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic that is strong, tough, and flexible by rearranging molecules into cyclic polyester rings.
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Sources

biotech-investments.com · cnnmoney.ch · finanzen.ch · finanznachrichten.de · kurierverlag.de · morningstar.be · presseportal.de · razydzisiaj.pl · zsl.pl