Overview: January 2019/2: "Mineral plastic" with great potential

"Mineral plastic" with great potential for the future

21.07.2016

A new class of plastics has been inspired by nature and is easily degradable. Conventional plastics are based on crude oil and cause problems for the environment as they are not degradable. The research group around Helmut Cölfen, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Konstanz, has now produced an entirely new "mineral plastic" whose structure copies biomaterials.

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