Industrial Chemistry and Water Treatment

A lot of the chemistry involved in the animals' adhesive is protein-based, but no one is going to be able to make a complicated protein for large-scale applications. By substituting simple polymer structure for the protein science while maintaining other aspects of the adhesive chemistry, one have looked at the design and synthesis changes that they can make and compared their adhesive to what the shellfish are making. The system can be easy to generate on large scales and yet still maintain the functions. This synthetic chemical mimic approach then allows us to tailor the material for specific bonding situations and applications."

Conventional adhesives currently available are made from petroleum feed stocks and can release volatile organic compounds and other toxic materials into the environment. New technology can be developed from renewable resources. ‘’This Industrial chemistry conference will be a platform technology that industry partners could develop in several ways’’.

 

Chemical and Plastics Industry One can design certain characteristics into the adhesive, but they won't be able to focus on a specific product for a specific application. "It's possible that by connect with different companies that can develop the materials for several sectors including aeronautical or automotive manufacturing, bio medicine joining of tissues, construction, coatings and cosmetics’’.