Polymer additives play a critical role in the processing and performance of polymer materials. These additives are substances included in the polymer matrix during manufacturing to modify the material ...

Only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of manufactured plastics are currently recycled into similar products because polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), which account for two-thirds of the ...

Kyushu University researchers have directly observed, for the first time, how individual polymers—chain-like molecules—behave when in contact with solid surfaces. Published in the Journal of the ...

How can polymer additives help create stronger and more sustainable recycled plastics? At Columbia University, Assistant Professor Neil Dolinski explores this possibility through his group’s research ...

The aim of this paper is to review the current understanding of the adhesion when at least one of the two materials adhering is a polymer. The second material may also be polymeric, but also it may be ...

Thermoplastics are processed in the molten state, their final shape and internal structure are established by cooling, and they can be softened and reshaped by reapplication of heat and pressure. Also ...

Polymer self-assembly is a crucial tool for manufacturing membranes using scalable methods, enabling easier commercialization. This review surveys approaches to impart stimuli-responsive behavior to ...

Struktol Co. of America LLC, a Stow, Ohio-based manufacturer of polymer additive technology, is displaying its additive solutions for recycled plastics at the Plastics Recycling Conference Feb. 23–25, ...

When Geoffrey Coates, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, gives a talk about plastics and recycling, he usually opens with this question: What percentage of the 78 ...