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Polymer Researchers' Nano-cellulose on Display at Science Museum

Image: Nano-cellulose alongside a fibre-reinforsed car steering wheel

Nano-cellulose fibril gel (left) alongside a racing steering wheel made of cellulose-reinforced material. Image credit: Science Museum London

Nano-cellulose fibril gel created by polymer engineers from Chemical Engineering are featured in a new exhibit in the Science Museum's Antenna Gallery

Nano-cellulose fibril gel created by Alexander Bismarck's Polymers and Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group features in a new display, Could you compost your old car?, which opened at the Science Museum's last week.

Image: Prof. Bismarck, Siti Shamsuddin and Koon-Yang Lee at the exhibit

(L-R) Alexander Bismarck and researchers Siti Shamsuddin and Koon-Yang Lee at the gallery

 

Professor Bismarck and the PaCE group create new, and renewable, composite materials from cellulose - a hugely abundant naturally occuring polymer found in plants and created by some bacteria.  The materials created are strong, lightweight and easy to recycle.  Shown alongside the fibril gel is a Formula 3 steering wheel created from such materials delevoped at the

The display is due to run for at least three months.  More information can be found on the , along with a short with Professor Bismarck.

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