Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been employed to reinforce semicrystalline polymers, leading to a new class of material called polymer nanocomposites. 1 The use of CNTs in polymer matrices promotes an ...

BASF SE's 100,000-metric-ton-per-year nylon polymerization plant in Shanghai has officially come on stream. The company on May 6 inaugurated the wholly owned facility in the Shanghai Chemical Industry ...

Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This ...

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