A sheet of the fish scale-based film Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09880 Skin-worn flexible electronics show great promise, in applications ranging from health monitoring to ...

Single-use plastic is a growing problem for our planet. Now, one student has created a bioplastic using an unconventional material — fish skins and scales.

Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable Date: March 18, 2020 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to ...

After tinkering with various fish parts, she developed a plastic-like material made from scales and skin. Not only is it made from waste, it’s also biodegradable. The material, MarinaTex , won ...

MarinaTex elegantly solves two problems: the ubiquity of single-use plastic and fish waste.' Beating 1,078 entries, Lucy will receive £30,000, while the University of Sussex receives £5,000.

This makes the final product VOC free and 100% made of fish scales. You can use this material for wall coverings, furniture and home accessories, such as hooks and pedestals. Natural dyes are used ...

They’re 3D printing plastic “scales” onto rubber pads and tweaking the size, spacing ... Fish scales are adept at rebuffing ... He printed sheets of material that were simpler than the real ...

Flexible and plastic-free Fish scales could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastic for use in flexible displays for electronic devices. Flexibility is important for wearable electronics to ...

Erik de Laurens was inspired by the vast amount of scales cavalierly discarded by the European fish industry. “In other parts of the world such as Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Cameroon ...

[Image: Scale] Made entirely from fish scales (or 99.5% of it), Scalite is a bio-sourced, biodegradable, and naturally nonflammable material that turns a byproduct of the fishing industry into a ...