The use of plastic materials globally has greatly increased over the past five decades, and currently more than 100 million tons of these materials are used. In terms of tonnage, thermoplastics are ...

Pontacol thermoplastic adhesive films are well-suited for the production of preforms and at the same time also improve the mechanical properties of the finished composite parts. The specially ...

Polyethylene has a number of advantageous properties, but biodegradability is not one of them. A team of researchers has now developed a plastic which has similar thermoplastic properties to ...

A new type of so-called ‘click’ chemistry has now been introduced. Like with most of click chemistry, it is based on a long-known efficient chemical reaction, which was now also found to be very ...

Schematic molecular-level illustration of SIS and i-SIS. Credit: Atsushi Noro Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs—sometimes called thermoplastic rubbers) are a chemically-bonded combination of multiple ...

Wacker Silicones has developed a new generation of thermoplastic silicone elastomers that combine the typical properties of silicones with advantages of a thermoplastic elastomer. A transparent ...

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) contain materials which display both elastomeric and thermoplastic properties. Generally, elastomers are thermosets and so TPEs are much more desirable, as ...

Biodegradable ABA triblock copolymers of l-lactide and trimethylene carbonate with given compositions were prepared and chain-extended to produce high molecular weight polymer. The polymers were ...

All over the world, patients suffering from Covid-19 are being ventilated in intensive care units – and thermoplastic materials from Krempel often help. They are used in test lungs for ventilators, ...