The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of ... For Toshifumi Satoh and his team at Hokkaido University’s Polymer Chemistry Lab, tackling plastic pollution ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

In the middle sixties, the Syracuse program had as many as 55 graduate students and many postdoctoral scientists in polymer and cellulose chemistry. Polymers are the building blocks of living systems ...

The recycled cellulose can be used to produce new polymer composite products such as toys, sports equipment, household items. If the raw material is pure plant cellulose, biomedical applications ...

Nanocellulose is a derivative of cellulose, the most abundant organic polymer on Earth, largely present in the cell walls of plants. Cellulose is a natural polymer discovered in 1838 by French chemist ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

The research, led by Kirti Mishra and Samarjeet Singh Siwal, focuses on the role of cellulose in achieving sustainability in water remediation. As the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose has ...

RECENTLY I have examined several samples of cast plasticized secondary cellulose acetate sheet material under the microscope. With crossed nicols a uniform yellow polarization colour was shown ...

Clean technology company, BlockTexx, which recovers polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing, and which recently ...