'Self-healing' polymer may facilitate recycling of hard-to-dispose plastic

Monday, April 27, 2009 - 09:07 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics products that now wind up on society's growing heaps of electronic waste. Their study appears in ACS' Macromolecules, a bi-weekly journal...

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