The inkjet printing technique is potentially applicable for the formation of polymer stereocomplexes and can control the amount, thickness and structure of the printed polymers. Stereocomplexes of ...

Once plastic products are used and discarded, they can linger in oceans, collecting in large 'garbage patches' and harming sea life. One potential solution, a biodegradable polymer called polylactide ...

A ban on tableware made from polylactide (PLA) — a plant-based bioplastic — at eateries, retail stores and publicly run institutions is to come into effect on Aug. 1, the Environmental Protection ...

For more than a century companies had been trying to develop plastics from lactic acid -- with no success. Enter Pat Gruber. Fresh out of graduate school, Gruber joined commodity grain processor ...

The authors’ group designed and synthesized tetracoordinate aluminum methyl complexes bearing (amidoalkyl)pyridine−phenolate (AmPyPh) pincers for industrial LLA polymerizations. This study is led by ...