Schematic illustration of the closed-loop recycling of microparticle-based polymers (IMAGE)
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In a new study, researchers from Japan proposed a new recycling strategy that facilitates material recycling without any loss in their properties. In “closed-loop” recycling, a polymer film composed of polyacrylate-based microparticles is disassembled into individual microparticles, which can be reassembled to form the film without losing any properties. This process could also be applied to recycle polymer microparticles in composite materials.
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Daisuke Suzuki from Shinshu University
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