INVISTA’s Shanghai Hexamethylene Diamine Plant Receives EIA Approval

215,000-ton per year hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant to be built at the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park.

Surviving in the Wild with Silk: Collecting Water with Nanostructured Nylon

A close up look at the nylon-PMMA fibers after fabrication - note the regular spindle knots, essential for the fibers' water collecting ability.

Scientists make artificial spider silk from polymer-coated nylon, which can collect water from the atmosphere with astonishing efficiency.

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