par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Avr 2019 | Actualités
A team of researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology in China has found a way to use shear forces to create a self-assembled supramolecular hydrogel from a sol. In their paper published in the journal Nature Chemistry, the researchers describe how...
par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Avr 2019 | Actualités
The quest to keep plastic out of landfills and simultaneously satisfy the needs of the food industry is filled with obstacles. A biodegradable replacement for petroleum-based products has to meet all sorts of standards and, so far, attempts at viable replacements from...
par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Avr 2019 | Actualités
Electricity harvested from the sun or wind can be used interchangeably with power from coal or petroleum sources. Or sustainably produced electricity can be turned into something physical and useful. Researchers in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St....
par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Avr 2019 | Actualités
Organic electrochemical devices, which use conjugated polymers in contact with an electrolyte, have applications in bioelectronics, energy storage, electrocatalysis, and sensors. Their operation relies on the oxidation (electron loss) or reduction (electron gain) of...
par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Avr 2019 | Actualités
A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving the way towards the mass production of a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based materials. An international team, including Kiyotaka Nakajima...
