Biodegradable Plastic: IBM, Stanford Reach Breakthrough

3/9/2010

Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits:

IBM and Stanford University this week will outline a green chemistry breakthrough that may lead to biodegradable and biocompatible plastics.

In a nutshell, IBM and Stanford have applied “organocatalysis” to green polymer chemistry. The general theme is to make more environmentally friendly and degradable plastics.

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