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Viability of Renewable Sources in Polymers
Overview of Emerging Biodegradable Polymers, Their Suitability and Commercial Applications In Textiles, and Future Challenges Over the years, the consumption of single-use plastics has been on the rise due to …
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Lenzing Advances Circularity with Progressive Dyeing Approach
Lenzing’s nature-based innovation is witnessed in both product and process as the company progressively meets the demands of the textile industry. In product, Lenzing provides specialty fibers of stringent quality …
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Heartland Polymers Begins Integrated Commercial Production at PDH/PP Complex
Heartland Polymers announced the successful start-up of its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, which is now providing on-site feedstock for North America’s only integrated, single-site commercial polypropylene (PP) production. “Thanks to …
![Figure 1. Porous carbon nanofibers derived from organosolv lignin and developed for glucose sensing.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_012022_studentspotlight_Figure1-335x186.jpg)
![Figure 1. Porous carbon nanofibers derived from organosolv lignin and developed for glucose sensing.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_012022_studentspotlight_Figure1-335x186.jpg)
Student Spotlight: Sustainable porous carbon nanofiber alternatives to oil-based materials
The Bernal Institute hosts a multidisciplinary team of world-leading materials scientists and engineers at University of Limerick. The composite cluster aims to develop of new carbon fiber materials from sustainable …
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Student Spotlight: Driving performance improvement for PLA in fibers and nonwovens
Hamid Ebrahimi recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University where he studied polylactic acid (PLA) structure-process-property relationships with other biodegradable polymers. His …