A team of researchers at NYU have presented a new chemical reactor type that synthesizes a precursor for nylon production through electrosynthesis, rather than a thermal based reaction. The need for ...

In T-shirts, stockings, shirts, and ropes – or as a component of parachutes and car tyres – polyamides are used everywhere as synthetic fibres. At the end of the 1930s, the name Nylon was coined for ...

Nylon can be found everywhere in modern life, from the clothes we wear to the seatbelts in our cars. The problem is that producing it can be a dirty business, but researchers say a new method can make ...

Cardiff University; UBE Corporation; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Research Complex at Harwell; University of Bath; Lehigh University. For the effective decoupling of the synthesis of the major ...

BROOKLYN, New York, Monday, August 26, 2019 - The chemical and allied industries face such challenges as ready access to reliable energy supplies, waste reduction, water conservation, and energy ...

Dublin, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Markets for nylon in performance apparel: a future based on bio-based and recycled materials?" report from Textiles Intelligence Ltd. has been added to ...

Outdoor stadium seats, ski bindings, tire reinforcements and other products that require strength, durability and weather resistance are all made with a type of nylon called nylon 6-6. However, ...

The association of French automotive plastic parts makers (GPA) has warned of an impending crisis due to the shortage of key nylon 6/6 materials in the region. In an Oct. 5 statement, the GPA said the ...

A team reported that in its search to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly process to make adiponitrile (ADN) -- the main precursor to nylon 6, 6 -- it found a way to greatly improve the ...