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Actual source (source of source of source): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado1782 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado1782 More research from Takuzo Aida, wh

• araes 2y ago
  Science article also has some test apparatus images, heat processed finished plastic images, and images of the plastic under attack by several different solvents (hexane, CH2Cl2, THF, Acetone, MeOH, DMF). Also has stress-strain curves of the material, and behavior when used in glued together boxes for packaging. Generally, if it actually gets made in quantity, seems like it would be an improvement for somewhere like Japan. Last time I read about Japan on this type of subject, it was examining the outlets of metropolitan streams, and the huge quantities of trash that people just wash down to the oceans. (Notably, from the perspective of considerate people trying to figure out ways to keep the beaches clean and deal with the upstream polluters).