Posts Tagged ‘plastic’

Plastic Mirror

Andy Ouderkirk and fellow 3M scientist Mike Weber were zapping polymers with powerful lasers as part of a materials science experiment when Ouderkirk realized he could bind together hundreds of sheets of polymer film to create a highly reflective material. The resulting plastic mirror is much cheaper...

November 22nd, 2005 | plastic | Read More

NatureWorks

Cargill Dow has invented a new technology to produce performance polymers entirely from annually renewable resources. Using a patented technology, they start with natural sugars derived from plants such as corn, wheat, beets and rice and use fermentation to create lactic acid (a food additive) and some...

November 10th, 2005 | plastic | Read More

Glass-Coated Plastic

Plastics come in many forms. They are used to make boats, magnifiers, skis and all manner of household items. Transparent plastic sheet panels would be ideal in the manufacture of windows or headlamps of cars, for example, and tinted plastic foils could more readily be used to protect against the sun...

November 8th, 2005 | glass | Read More

Arboform

Renewable raw materials ease the burden on the environment. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal near Karlsruhe, led by Prof. Peter Eyerer and Dr. Norbert Eisenreich, are developing a thermoplastic material – deformable under heat – based on natural resources....