Justin Kennemur of FSU has discovered a new plastic derived from pine sap that could be a gamechanger for the future of sustainable materials. Pine sap can be harvested for material production without killing the tree, and the new plastic shows promise for many applications.
“This glassy, thermally stable plastic can be melted and shaped at a higher temperature and cools into a hard plastic at ambient temperatures,” Kennemur said. “One of the next goals is to learn some of the mechanical properties of these polymers. However, this material has many structural features that mirror the plastics we use every day.”
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