Materials -- Supertough bioplastic (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials -- Supertough bioplastic

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid, or PLA, to create supertough renewable plastic.

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Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy

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