Biopolymers have a variety of possible applications due to their renewable characteristics and their potential biodegradability. Biopolymers are polymers that are either bio-based, biodegradable, or ...

Eastman Chemical, a maker of cellulose acetate fiber for draperies and bedspreads, has launched a new brand of cellulose acetate filament fiber it has dubbed Naia. Intended for women’s intimate ...

Dietary fibre, a complex group of indigestible carbohydrate polymers, has attracted considerable scientific attention due to its significant role in human health and its wide-ranging applications in ...

Recycling mixed waste textile fibres by a continuous chemical process using solvolysis is being trialled in Germany. Plastic ...

Scientists have figured out the reason fiber is such a wonder food: It contains an anti-appetite molecule called acetate. Acetate, the researchers discovered, is naturally released when fiber is ...

Background: More than 90% of the cigarettes sold worldwide have a filter. Nearly all filters consist of a rod of numerous (> 12 000) plastic-like cellulose acetate fibres. During high speed cigarette ...

Nutritionists have long known that eating more fiber is a good idea. It helps digestion, and evidence suggests it curbs appetite. Now, new research on animals suggests that one reason fiber makes you ...

LASER COMPONENTS has been assembling optical fibres since 1995. Starting immediately, sapphire fibres can also be processed directly using a newly-developed polishing technique. Compared to the ...