2025 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit
Time and time again, multidisciplinary research is touted as essential to innovation.
materials
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Commitment 2024 Progress Report
Over 1,000 organisations from across the world, including businesses representing 20% of all plastic packaging produced globally and over 50 government signatories, have mobilised behind the Global Commitment’s common vision of a circular economy for plastic, in which it never becomes waste. Signatories set ambitious 2025 targets to help realise that common vision. This sixth annual progress report looks at how the signatories are faring against these targets and key lessons learned along the way.
Plastic-Free, Biodegradable, Non-Toxic, Sustainable Materials
Plant-based materials developed by Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) that eliminates the use of synthetic toxins or plastics at any stage of manufacturing. Natural ingredients such as natural rubber, recycled cotton, recycled Mirum®, hemp, coconut husks, structural colorant, and cork are shaped and molded at the molecular level previously only achieved with synthetic materials to create products for fashion, footwear, accessories, and automotive industries. NFW currently offers four bio-based, low-carbon materials.
Digital Chemical Platform
Digital automatization of chemistry to make chemical synthesis easy and instant. Chemify uses a programming language to employ the world’s largest database of validated chemical reactions. By implementing the full digital chemistry stack into their automated robotic synthesis cluster facility, Chemify can transform chemical code into real molecules on demand and at scale. Artificial intelligence is also used to discover and design novel molecules rapidly. Digitizing and automating chemistry helps prevent exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace and waste generation.
Accelerating Sustainable Concrete Construction
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by January 28, 2024. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated on the Gordon Research Conference website. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.
Sustainable Soft Matter Symposium
The ACS Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) presents "Bonds That Matter: Soft Materials for a Sustainable World" at the Spring 2025 ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education, the all-day symposium is entirely planned by graduate students, including topic selection, fundraising, recruiting speakers, advertising, and symposium logistics. The focus of the symposium is the production and processing of high performance, sustainable soft matter and its role in achieving a circular economy.
AirCarbon
Plastic polymer made from the contact between methane-based gas mixture and common atmospheric gases. This technology uses natural ocean organisms to make PHB from air and greenhouse gases. This PHB is AirCarbon. AirCarbon can be melted and cooled into fibers, sheets, and solid parts in order replace synthetic plastic and animal leather. PHB is natural and natural microorganisms can consume it. AirCarbon anaerobically digests into greenhouse gases that can be used to make new Air Carbon.