Not all polymers are plastics, but all plastics are polymers. And organic (carbon-based) polymer plastics, known mostly for being insulators, in some cases make excellent conductors and semiconductors ...

A polymer is a chemical compound that contains a large number of identical molecular repeating units. A plastic material is a polymer, typically modified with additives, which can be molded or shaped ...

There’s a great future in plastics. A new kind of plastic can, when exposed to the right chemicals, break down into the same basic building blocks that it came from and be rebuilt again and again. The ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic end up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials scientists ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

Only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of manufactured plastics are currently recycled into similar products because polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), which account for two-thirds of the ...

ZHOUSHAN, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, January 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global plastics processing industry continues to ...

Blue Polymers this week broke ground on a new recycled plastics production facility in Buckeye, Arizona. The 162,000-square-foot plant is expected to create more than 60 jobs and open in the second ...

IR spectroscopy or infrared spectroscopy is used for identifying a group of chemical species in a wide range of sample materials. This technique is mainly utilized for classifying organic chemical ...

In a world fraught with the perils of plastic waste, Protean Polymer LLP, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, emerges as a vanguard in the realm of sustainable plastic production. Under the visionary ...