Nano-based Polymer Could Enhance Bioplastics And Adhesives

摘要

A new process involving the layering of a polymer with silica-based nano-particles has the potential to enhance the properties of pressure-sensitive adhesive labels, water-borne coatings and biodegradable materials, claims a UK research team.rnThe University of Warwick team, led by Dr Stefan Bon, has created a soap-free emulsion polymerisation process which makes colloid particles of polymer dispersed in water, and in a one-step process adds nanometre-sized, silica-based particles to the mix.rnThe scientists say that the nano-particles coat the polymer colloids with a layer, 'battering' it much like coating a fish in bread crumbs.