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Download the September 2022 Trend Report
Tired of planned obsolescence, luxury consumers are now prioritizing meaning - essentially aspiring to fewer, albeit superior goods and purposeful experiences; this incites increasingly sophisticated …
Top 5 Materials: September 2022
CORDURA® re/cor™ RN66 A recycled nylon 6,6 collection that is durable, responsible, and innovated to last. Compared to virgin nylon 6,6 production, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by …
Join Material ConneXion at Climate Week NYC
Rethinking Matter: Blue and Green Building Blocks for Symbiotic Living September 23, 2022 11am-1pm Material ConneXion New York Material Library 28 E Liberty St 6th Floor New York, NY …
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Key Takeaways from Biofabricate / Circularity 22 / PFW / Rethinking Materials
This summer has been quite eventful so far given no travel restrictions and the hottest temperatures and conversations around sustainability and climate change. Join Gayatri Keskar VP, Research as she …
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Lignin and Cellulose
The two main components of plant cells are lignin and cellulose. Lignin is nature’s second most abundant bio-polymer, only surpassed by cellulose. At a microscopic level, a plant’s cell walls are …
Material Profile: ClearBright™ Transparent Display Film Manufacture Lux Labs Displays MC 1233001
This is a PET laminate film that transforms any window or clear surface into a fully transparent, live display. This film consists of a PET substrate, a nanoparticle-embedded polymer layer, an …
What is Renewable Carbon?
When we think about reducing the overall carbon footprint on this planet to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, there are different ways to do that. We as material specialists are always …
Overview of Sustainability Certifications – Part 1
In this seminar, Andrew Dent, Ph.D, EVP, Materials Research discusses Material Focused, Sustainability Certifications. …
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Masterbatch
A masterbatch is an additive mixed in with a polymer resin, which we call the carrier, in a highly concentrated fashion. This process of mixing the additive and resin together is called compounding …
The Mass Balance Approach
This is a bookkeeping approach that ensures all materials are tracked at all stages of its journey from feedstock (oil from the ground in the case of plastics) through to processing and product. …
Discover New Rubber Alternatives Driving Sustainability
What is Rubber? 99% of the natural rubber we use is extracted from a tree called Hevea brasiliensis which is obtained from latex, a whitish milky fluid, through tree tapping. Natural rubber is an …
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UV Curing
UV curing is the process of using ultraviolet light to instantly dry coatings, inks, or adhesives. Note that light is made up of radiation, a form of energy. Also note that each chemical reaction …
What is a recent material trend we’re excited about?
One material trend I have noticed this year is seaweed. There have been a lot of companies looking to harvest seaweed for materials. The benefits of seaweed are its potential to address …
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Material Profile: Cair Paint, Manufacture Gust MC 1218501
Cair Paint by Gush is an air-purifying paint that eliminates toxic chemicals and biological contaminants like volatile organic compounds, mold, bacteria, and odor. Gush paints contain a proprietary …
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Plasticizer
A plasticizer is a substance added to a material to make it more flexible, softer, less frictional, or less viscous. More specifically, we regard plasticizers as a substance added to a raw polymer to …
