New Process for Making Tape (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

New Process for Making Tape

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UD Professor Thomas H. Epps, III, suspected that lignin could be used to make adhesives with similar strength, toughness, and scratch resistance to the petroleum-based versions. These figures from small-angle X-ray scattering experiments show how a polymer created by Epps (left) compared with a commercial one.

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