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Arkema unveils a range of "green" polymers for its textile market

Plastic Logic sees mass production of flexible display in 2008

If you follow plastics electronics - follow Unidym’s innovative product lines

3D systems introduces non-halogenated flame retardant for aircraft applications

A team of researchers demonstrate plastics and graphene can work together to make touch screen device a reality

Swedish researchers show highest reported charge capacities for all polymer paper-based battery

IKV researchers report thermoplastic/metal hybrid materials for Direct manufacturing electronic part

A review on polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites provides current trends in polymer research

Alberta scientists help to make Canada’s first bio-composite based electric vehicle body design

Researchers gather to discuss advances in organic photovoltaics (OPV)

Battelle researchers are improving PLA for injection molding applications

Innovations in design come from plastics to win several 2009 International Design Excellence Awards

Univ of Texas @ Austin scientists reported method to produce a large scale reduced graphene oxide

Scientists from Sweden and USA showed electronics can truly be organic or say truly be plastics

Chinese researchers made a bendy polymer that could separate aromatics hydrocarbons from aliphatic

Japanese researchers are developing stereo-block type PLAs for high performance materials

Polymers help Addidas to launch lightest soccer boots and 2010 FIFA World cup match ball never seen before in the field

Non-toxic, liquid bandage from Chesson Labs of Durham, NC is ready for the healthcare market

Brazilian scientists are actively pursuing bioplastics research and innovation

Polymer helps to designing higher capacity Li-ion battery

ZogglesTM earns Invention of the year 2010 award and keeps the fog away

US researchers develop shape memory polymer nanocomposites exhibiting fast actuation speed

MIT team aims to develop application specific surgical adhesives to seal tissues

Braskem S.A. is leading the way to manufacture biobased polyethylene using catalytic dehydration

MIT researchers show how to draw Polyethylene as nanofibers and get a very high thermal conductivity

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing new plastics recycling process

Norner touts major research project on polymers based on carbon dioxide

Yale scientists develop high performance thin film composite membrane

Rutgers Univ researchers moves plastic electronics with graphene based PS thin films

Mannigton converts large stickers from 2010 winter games into commercial flooring

Bayer uses PC film Makrofol? for it's new Innosec Fusion? technology to stop counterfeiting

Practical Devices provide useful power from the body

Prof. Alan Heegers group demonstrated the potential of plastics solar cells

For the first time, IBM researchers showed 3D molecular structure could be observed

Princeton university researchers embedded piezoelectric material onto polymer as energy harvester

Plastics help design non-shatter pint glass to prevent pub attacks

In Milan, art and science get together to showcase Vegetal, weather resistant designer chair

McMaster university (Canada) researchers developed flexible solar cell technology

Singapore researchers touts corn starch can help solve body armour and protective sports padding

French scientists tout first use of nano-structured assemblies that could revolutionize dentistry

Nanoparticle coating prevents ice build up

Researchers develop unique printable thin film supercapacitor using SWCNT

Researchers review how to characterize polymer nanocomposites by different microscopicy techniques

Siver nanowire electrodes for flexible electronics

Austrian researcher reports new opportunities from Silicon oxide Nanofilms

Block copolymers could create hard disks with 10 tera-bit-per-Square-inch:Researchers predict

Using biodegradable polymer, University of Basque country researcher report on bone regeneration

Advanced nanocomposite membrane technology of NanoH2O turns it to a Global clean technology company

New ambipolar polymer beats others: reports US researchers

How Collagen nanofibers could find use in Tissue Engineering

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Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., P.Eng., R&D, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA

I am not a fan of plastics; but I found the site very interesting and the articles are easy to follow. The article on "Fuel Cells" was a good reading particularly for the information on the role of plastics in this new technology.
 

L.J.R. Foster, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

I have browsed your site with interest; however, I was hoping some up-to-date details on commercial biodegradable plastics and/or commercial interest in these.
 

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Natalie Merrill, New Jersey, USA

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I am very impressed by how much good information you managed to put in since October (2000). I wonder if it would not be useful to indicate sources of the information, or sources where your readers may find wider range of information. I certainly would like to be able to follow some of the leads.
 

Veso Sobot, IPEX Inc., Canada

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