The ideal 3D printing setting for innovative gloves

A robust yet flexible glove coating

Turning bacteria into bioplastic factories

Biologists find new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes

Recyclables from wood waste for energy storage and environmental technology

Research team takes lignin waste from the timber industry to develop materials that can be used to build and recycle sustainable batteries

Innovative plastic film material made from PLA bioplastic

Researchers receive the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024

Feathers replace petroleum

Adhesives from feathers: The project addresses a billion-dollar market

Non-toxic plasticisers for use in elastomers and thermoplastics

Bio-based plasticizers from Central Germany

Self-healing plastic becomes biodegradable

Greater environmental compatibility thanks to new basic building block that can be produced with the help of microorganisms and is completely biodegradable

Speeding up extreme fast charging capability in lithium-ion batteries

“Extreme” fast charging, high energy density, and cycle life are the “holy grail” of features that the automobile industry seeks out in batteries

Bioplastic bottles also keep cooking oil fresh for a long time

No transfer of compounds from the bottle material into the oil detected

95% nanoplastic removal with apples?!

Carbon recycling instead of plastic trash

Iron electrocatalysis breaks down polystyrene and delivers green hydrogen

Machine learning can predict the mechanical properties of polymers

A machine learning algorithm can use X-ray diffraction data from polymers to predict the behaviour of new materials

Data archiving with molecules

Reading synthetic polymers as data storage more efficiently

No significant PFAS emissions from waste incineration

Researchers investigate the effectiveness of combustion processes

Filtering with mussel power

Nanomembrane allows efficient sieving of ions from liquids

Adhesive Comes Unglued on Command

Oxidation triggers debonding of mussel-inspired adhesive

The ideal 3D printing setting for innovative gloves

A robust yet flexible glove coating

Synthetic polymers against fungal infections

A chemistry PhD student is stranded at the Leibniz-HKI and uses the time for research on Candida albicans

Researchers discover smarter way to recycle polyurethane

Researchers at Aarhus University have found a better method to recycle polyurethane foam

Halogen bonding for selective electrochemical separation

Path to sustainable chemical processing demonstrated

Turning bacteria into bioplastic factories

Biologists find new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes

Halogen bonding for selective electrochemical separation

Path to sustainable chemical processing demonstrated

Increasing solid-state electrolyte conductivity and stability using helical structure

Sustainable and reversible 3D printing method uses minimal ingredients and steps

The work has the potential to make materials manufacturing more sustainable and environmentally friendly

Researchers develop a detector for continuously monitoring toxic gases

The material could be made as a thin coating to analyze air quality in industrial or home settings over time

Bottled water can contain hundreds of thousands of previously uncounted tiny plastic bits

A new microscopic technique zeroes in on the poorly explored world of nanoplastics, which can pass into blood, cells and your brain

Transforming flies into degradable plastics

Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger

By adding weak linkers to a polymer network, chemists dramatically enhanced the material’s resistance to tearing

Discovery challenges 30-year-old dogma in associative polymers research

One key to the UVA team’s work was overcoming a material feature that has stymied researchers for years

Chemists redesign biological PHAs, ‘dream’ biodegradable plastics