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![Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Materials-Supertough_bioplastic.jpg?itok=64jAyN8y)
A novel method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory creates supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability. Working with polylactic acid, a biobased plastic often used in packaging, textiles, biomedical implants and 3D printing, the research team added tiny amo...
![ORNL researcher Miaofang Chi refines her microscopy techniques toward understanding how and why materials have certain properties. ORNL researcher Miaofang Chi refines her microscopy techniques toward understanding how and why materials have certain properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/M_Chi_casual_0.png?itok=uvQT5OzH)
Material surfaces and interfaces may appear flat and void of texture to the naked eye, but a view from the nanoscale reveals an intricate tapestry of atomic patterns that control the reactions between the material and its environment. Electron microscopy allows researchers to probe...
![ORNL bioscience researcher Jerry Tuskan had an early interest in plant genetics. ORNL bioscience researcher Jerry Tuskan had an early interest in plant genetics.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Tuskan_greens200.jpg?itok=K9XTwMj4)
It’s been 10 years since the Department of Energy first established a BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and researcher Gerald “Jerry” Tuskan has used that time and the lab’s and center’s resources and tools to make good on his college dreams of usi...