Polyethylene (PE) is a semicrystalline polymer that is one of the most extensively manufactured polymers in the world for consumer products and packaging. Shopping bags, milk bottles, storage ...

Plastic materials can be found in practically every aspect of everyday life, including packaged foods, furniture, construction materials, vehicles, medical devices, and personal garments (to name a ...

Flexible film design is fraught with compromise and complexity. Designers use their skills to select resins offering a satisfactory balance of mechanical performance and easy extrusion. Then they try ...

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres represent a class of advanced polymeric materials that combine exceptional tensile strength, low density, and remarkable chemical inertness.

Bill Buttlar, a professor at the University of Missouri, highlights takeaways in the university’s research on using recycled low-density polyethylene in asphalt paving materials. In August 2021, the ...