A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength required for everyday use with ...

Japanese scientists at RIKEN CEMS, led by Takuzo Aida, have developed a new supramolecular plastic that maintains strength in ...

The research team say the process, if scaled up, could help bring about a "circular economy" for many throwaway plastics - ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. In experiments, method recovered 94% of monomers ...

Plastics can be engineered for specific uses by matching up the properties of the plastic to the job it will ... joining of many small molecules called monomers. The uses of plastics are related ...