A team of researchers at NYU have presented a new chemical reactor type that synthesizes a precursor for nylon production through electrosynthesis, rather than a thermal based reaction. The need for ...

In T-shirts, stockings, shirts, and ropes – or as a component of parachutes and car tyres – polyamides are used everywhere as synthetic fibres. At the end of the 1930s, the name Nylon was coined for ...

BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, August 26, 2019 - The chemical and allied industries face such challenges as ready access to reliable energy supplies, waste reduction, water conservation, and energy ...

Nylon can be found everywhere in modern life, from the clothes we wear to the seatbelts in our cars. The problem is that producing it can be a dirty business, but researchers say a new method can make ...

Several biobased chemical makers plan to scale up production of nylon precursors made via fermentation. They are responding to demand from consumer product companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas ...

A team reported that in its search to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly process to make adiponitrile (ADN) -- the main precursor to nylon 6, 6 -- it found a way to greatly improve the ...

The association of French automotive plastic parts makers (GPA) has warned of an impending crisis due to the shortage of key nylon 6/6 materials in the region. In an Oct. 5 statement, the GPA said the ...

GPA, the association of French automotive plastic parts suppliers, has warned of an impending global crisis due to the shortage of key nylon materials. In a Friday statement, the GPA said the ongoing ...