A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath. In contrast to conventional mechanical ...

Acrylic resins are economical, effective, and transparent materials. At room temperature, these plastics are ductile and are derived from products such as acrylic acid obtained from polypropylene, ...

If anything ends up on the beds of hobbyist-grade laser cutters more often than birch plywood, it’s probably sheets of acrylic. There’s something strangely satisfying about watching a laser beam trace ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic - one of the world’s most widely used plastics - has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath. In contrast to conventional ...

ETH Zurich scientists developed a simple, low-energy method to recycle acrylic glass (Plexiglass) into pure building blocks with up to 98% yield.

COLOGNE, GERMANY (Dec. 8, 1:25 p.m. ET) — The polymer used in wood plastics composites (WPC) is usually polypropylene or PVC. But Evonik Industries AG has worked with machinery supplier Reifenhäuser ...

This week's Paris Air Show was the launch pad for a new breed of plastic airplane passenger-cabin windows, with the supplier, who developed the material used and manufactured the windows, claiming it ...

Aquariums have become big attractions at some of the largest venues on the planet. Think of Walt Disney World; the largest mall in the world in Dubai; the AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, which has a ...

From lavish Florentine villas to hip Manhattan nurseries, acrylic is having a renaissance. A plastic derivative often referred to by its commercial names, Lucite and Plexiglass, the material is ...

Developed by Rohm and Haas in the 1940s, water-based acrylic emulsion technology filled a need for easy-to-use household paints for a growing suburban population in the United States following World ...