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parvez discovered 3 months ago- Nano-tech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable Beijing, Peoples Republic of China | Posted on May 28th, 2008 In the new study, Zhao-Xia Guo and colleagues point out that the original plastic, called polyoxymethylene (POM), is an engineering staple known for its metal-like hardness, light weight, and resistance to chemicals. However, the material is relatively brittle, limiting its applications. Although many different types of plastics have been electrospun into fibers with extended uses and properties, researchers have been unable to spin POM into fibers until now, the researchers say. They report that POM could be turned into nano-sized fibers -- thousands of times thinner than the width of a single hair -- after first dissolving it in a solution called HFIP and then undergoing electrospinning. The process resulted in POM mats with improved stretchability, or ductility, high porosity, and high surface area. Such features could extend the plastic's uses to a wide range of industrial, electronic and medical applications, the researchers say. -- MTS #### For more information, please click here Contacts: Zhao-Xia Guo, Ph.D. Tsinghua University Beijing, Peoples Republic of China guozx@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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