We’ll answer that and more below! Nylon is a synthetic polymer. Quick science lesson: polymers are made up of monomers (type of molecule) that are prone to bonding to other monomers. Nylon has ...

Using microorganisms, KAIST researchers have successfully developed a new bio-based plastic to replace conventional plastic.

Researchers have developed microbial strains that can produce various eco-friendly bio-based polyester plastics. These ...

Polymers were little-understood molecules when ... Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine each contain 6 carbon atoms ...

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

CPL and nylon 6 market have experienced successive declines since late February and continued to face pressure through mid to late March. However, recent coordinated production cuts by caprolactam and ...

Polyester amide is a next-generation material that combines the advantages of PET (polyester) and nylon (polyamide), two ...

This is often called the ‘nylon rope experiment’ because nylon continues to form until one of the monomers is used up. Hydrogen chloride is formed instead of water. This is an acidic gas with ...

Using microorganisms, researchers have successfully developed a new bio-based plastic to replace conventional plastic.