N.C. State: Researchers Combine Biopolymers Derived From the Ocean to Replace Synthetic Plastic Films
December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
Materials with enhanced structure derived from crustaceans and seaweed could be part of a next-generation answer to the challenge of replacing petroleum-based plastic films, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Combining chitosan, a biopolymer that makes crab shells hard, with agarose, a biopolymer extracted from seaweed that is used . . .
Materials with enhanced structure derived from crustaceans and seaweed could be part of a next-generation answer to the challenge of replacing petroleum-based plastic films, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Combining chitosan, a biopolymer that makes crab shells hard, with agarose, a biopolymer extracted from seaweed that is used . . .