Live Breaking News & Updates on Uomas Knowles Tuomas

Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.
It was a surprise to find our research could also address a big problem in sustainability: that of plastic pollution
Tuomas Knowles
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, created a polymer film by mimicking the properties of spider silk, one of the strongest materials in nature. The new material is as strong as many common plastics in use today and could replace plastic in many common household products.
The material was created using a new approach for assembling plant proteins into materials that mimic silk on a molecular level. The energy-efficient method, which uses sustainable ingredients, results in a plastic-like free-standing film, which can be made at industrial scale. Non-fading ‘structural’ colour can be added to the polymer, and it can also be used to make water-resistant coatings. ....

United Kingdom , Marc Rodriguez Garcia , Tuomas Knowles , Rodriguez Garcia , Ayaka Kamada , University Of Cambridge , Nature Communications , St John College , Cambridge Yusuf Hamied Department Of Chemistry , University Of Cambridge Enterprise Fund , Professor Tuomas Knowles , Yusuf Hamied Department , Cambridge Enterprise , Amadeus Capital Partners , Sky Ocean Ventures , Cambridge Enterprise Fund , Marc Rodriguez Garcia , Uomas Knowles Tuomas , Yaka Kamada Business , Spin Out , Sustainable Earth , Echnology Transfer Plastic , Technology Transfer , Ollution Cambridge Enterprise , School Of The Physical Sciences , St John 039s College ,