Düsseldorf, Germany — With the formal adoption of the single-use plastics directive by the European Council in May, the ax officially fell for the producers of disposable products such as plastic ...
The cell walls of plants, the silk spun by spiders, the bark of rubber trees, the hardy outer shells of insect bodies; all these and a dozen other items found in nature are composed of a substance ...
Polymer capsules can store functional substances such as drugs and fragrances, making them widely used in functional cosmetics and daily necessities. However, conventional capsules use non-degradable ...
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Biodegradable polymers, particularly those synthesised from renewable resources, are emerging as vital alternatives to conventional, fossil‐derived plastics. Their naturally occurring degradation ...
Natural polymers, such as gelatin, cellulose, alginate, chitin, starch, rubber, and fibrin, are used to develop green nanocomposites. Their use also expands to ...
(Nanowerk News) Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins. They catalyze reactions, form backbone ...