Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...
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Scientists Copy Nature’s Trick to Invent Material That Could Eliminate ‘Forever Plastic’
Yuwei Gu conceived this idea while hiking on a park trail and noticing plastic bottles littered around.
Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...
Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...
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This simple chemistry breakthrough could finally end plastic pollution
Could a simple chemistry idea end plastic pollution? Discover how scientists created programmable plastics that degrade on a ...
Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...
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