A New Polymer Product From Soy Oil, Not Petroleum
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 16:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based polymers known as "hydrogels." Chemists developed the soy-oil-based hydrogels as a biodegradable alternative to the synthetic polymers now used, including polyacrylic acid and polyacrylamide.