Qipeng Guo receives funding from the Australian Research Council through its Discovery Projects and from The Advanced Manufacturing CRC in partnership with The Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials ...

Because of their high strength and light weight, carbon-fiber-based composite materials are gradually replacing metals for advancing all kinds of products and applications, from airplanes to wind ...

A team of scientists has got a step closer to making several different types of plastic much easier to recycle, using a method that could be applied to a whole range of difficult-to-recycle polymers, ...

Stop the press! IBM Research announced this morning that it has discovered a whole new class of... plastics. This might not sound quite as sexy as, say, MIT discovering a whole new state of matter -- ...

Case Western Reserve researchers developing process to recycle ‘thermoset’ plastics; examples include wind-turbine blades, auto parts, boats, other structural materials Researchers at Case Western ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, say they have developed a new technology to recycle rigid, long-lasting plastics used in cars, planes, wind turbines and other ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Thermosets, which include epoxies, polyurethanes, and rubber used for tires, are found in many products that have to be durable and heat-resistant, such as cars or electrical ...

Epoxy resin is a type of thermoset resin commonly used in glue, paint and composite materials. NIMS and ISMA have developed a new thermoset plastic recycling system capable of easily decomposing epoxy ...

Many of them each have one prominent feature, but flaws in their other characteristics. This often leads to several plastics being required in one component. With BMC 0204, Lorenz Kunststoff GmbH has ...

New method for producing thermoset plastics allows them to be broken down more easily after use. Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, must be durable and heat-resistant ...