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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.


Recent Developments in the Bio Composite World
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio_based, #natural_fiber, #plant_based, #biocomposite, #bio_composite, #sustainable,...
Feb 13, 20245 min read


Taking Cues from Mother Nature – Biological Analogs and Biomimicry
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #biomimicry, #biological_analogs I have talked...
Jan 29, 20245 min read


Composites as Commodity Materials
#composites, #fibers, #resins, #structures, #I_beams, #square_tubing, #carbon_composites, #glass_composites, #rectangular_tubing,...
Jan 8, 20245 min read


Bio-Based Carbon Fiber – An Overview and Update
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #sustainable_fiber, #plant_based, #recycle, #recycling,...
Dec 18, 20235 min read


Sustainable and Recyclable Resin – A Good News Story
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #resin_recycle, #sustainable,...
Dec 11, 20235 min read


Carbon Fiber 2023 Conference and Ned’s Talks
#carbon_fiber, #carbon_fiber_2023, #composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #plant-based, #bio_based_acrylonitrile...
Dec 4, 20236 min read


Carbon Fiber and Sustainability – Just a Quick Overview
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio_based, #natural_fiber, #plant_based There’s a reason I’m writing this week’s post...
Nov 27, 20236 min read


Putting Lignin and Cellulose Together - Pretty Amazing
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio_based, #natural_fiber, #plant_based As I talked about briefly last week, there is...
Nov 20, 20235 min read


Let’s talk about Lignin a bit more
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #cellulose, #lignin, #bio_based_epoxy I want to...
Nov 13, 20235 min read


Cellulose and Lignin – Our Wonderful Friends
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #cellulose, #lignin, #bio-based-composites They...
Nov 6, 20234 min read


Coconut Husk Fiber for Composites? And some Other Stuff
#coir, #composites, #fiber, #sustainability, #coconut_husk, #coir_fiber, #coconut_husk_fiber, #natural_fiber, #green_composites,...
Oct 24, 20236 min read


Sustainable Plant-Based Fibers - So What's Nanocellulose?
#String_and_Glue, #makerfaire, #MFBA23, #seemeatmfba23, #composites, #sustainability This week I’m going to go back to being a bit...
Oct 9, 20234 min read


Some Interesting Things Going on with Recycling / Sustainability
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Published, #recycling, #sustainability There are two articles I read this week about composites recycling...
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Plant or Biomass Derived Carbon Fiber (PAN-Based)
#String_and_Glue, #Sustainability, #biomass, #sustainablecomposites This week I am going to focus on just one aspect of sustainability of...
Aug 7, 20234 min read

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