Smart Plastic

1995/10/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Materialak

Undoubtedly, what was announced by the scientist Dago de Leeuw will facilitate the reuse of plastics: plastics can be excellent semiconductors if the appropriate conditions are established. Specifically, Leeuw has had to modify the basic molecular structure of plastics in order to carry out the achievement that has so far yielded good results.

Concerned about the state of the environment, this scientist began to study what to do with plastics that have great difficulties for their reuse. Despite knowing that plastics act as electrical insulators, it occurred to Leeuw that they can become conductors by modifying their molecular structure. Think and do it. After several laboratory tests, the scientist discovered that the “new” plastic was semiconductor.