Dr. Julian Chan, CChem FRSC | Materials chemist

Pushing boundaries with novel functional organic materials!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Turning waste polystyrene into antimicrobial materials

Our research work on transforming used Styrofoam food boxes into antimicrobial polymers is now out in ACS Applied Polymer Materials:

https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/acsapm.4c01060/asset/images/medium/ap4c01060_0007.gif 

 
A big shout-out to the project team: Algin and Michelle for their synthetic skills and perseverance, Wenguang's prowess with instruments and characterization, Li Ning's biomedical expertise and figure-making artistry, and He-Kuan's practical creativity.

Read our article here.

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Labels: antimicrobial, chemistry, functional materials, materials, materials science, plastics, polymers, sustainability, upcycling
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