latex – TechConnect Briefs

Establishing rubber dandelions and guayule in the United States via premium markets to secure essential supplies

Cornish. J. Cardina K., Fresnedo J., Michel_Jr. F.C., Cornish. J. Cardina K., Fresnedo J., Michel_Jr. F.C., The Ohio State University, US

Natural rubber and latex are imported, critical, agricultural raw materials essential to all sectors of the US economy and cannot be replaced by unsustainable petroleum-derived synthetic rubbers due to their performance deficiencies. National security is [...]

Cryostructuration of latexes

Portnaya I., Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, IL

The presented study concerns with structurization of dispersed phase of polymer latexes during their freezing-thawing. It is known that freezing might have disturbed the latexes aggregate stability. In the presented work it was established that [...]

A latex-based concept for obtaining carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites

Grossiord N., Meuldijk J., Loos J., van der Schoot P., van Laake L.C., Regev O., Hart J., van der Schoot P., van Laake L.C., Miltner H.E., van der Schoot P., van Laake L.C., Koning C.E., Technical University of Eindhoven, NL

By using a latex-based technology, it is possible to efficiently disperse both single and multi wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) within most of the polymers that are produced by emulsion polymerization, or that can [...]