The biopolymer mixture is made from combining two polysaccharides: galactan with sulfate groups attached and galactomannan.

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Shell Polymers has introduced its new line of Advanced Chrome Catalyst grades. Produced using gas-phase chrome catalyst technology, the first three grades are now available for testing and commercial ...

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Discover how polymer upcycling through reactive extrusion and FTIR microscopy enables enhanced blend compatibilization for ...

Microbubble-induced erosion on plastics releases microplastics into aquatic systems, emphasizing the need to understand this ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how polymer-coated fertilizer (PCF) applied to fields ends up on ...

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

Hot food may cause plastic containers to release much more microplastics, according to a new review of studies that offers ...

Researchers from Shandong University and the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics have engineered a groundbreaking elastic material that emits ultraviolet light when mechanically stressed, paving the ...

A bucket of liquid plastic that never hardens sounds like a fantasy in a factory. It is also the kind of problem that drives ...