The story of Plexiglas begins in the early 1930s, during a period of intense innovation in synthetic materials. German chemist Otto Röhm was perfecting his own version of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA ...

Among the many aspects of life impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, acrylic glass may not be the first to come to mind. However, for the makers of this transparent sheet product, COVID-19 has been a ...

Acrylic polymers such as poly(methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all ...

- ETH materials researchers have developed a groundbreaking method that enables the near-complete recycling of Plexiglas for the first time. - The polymer chains are broken down into their individual ...

For years, Plexiglas was seen as just a substitute for glass—a sort of understudy, if you will. But slowly, it’s become indispensable in a variety of fields. Today, you’ll find it not just in ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The worldwide demand for Plexiglas is so high Hawaii-based company Min Plastics went a month without getting new material. The supply line’s moving again but it’s ...

Thermoplastics are amazingly versatile materials. Apply some heat, add a little force, and within seconds you’ve got a part. It’s not always quite that simple, but as [maxelrad] discovered, sometimes ...

Arkema is celebrating three-quarters of a century of the transparent acrylic plastic Plexiglas. In 1933, German chemist Otto Röhm polymerized methyl methacrylate between two panes of glass to yield a ...

Today, plastics recycling is primarily limited to the collection of sorted PET or polyethylene beverage bottles. The plastic collected is of identical chemical composition, with polymer molecules of ...