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7.10.2024
Opening – Introduction to Redondo Project
Opening – Introduction to Redondo Project

Opening – Introduction to Redondo Project, Sylvain Caillol, CNRS, Montpellier, France

About the Workshop
Polyethylene, an old material with unrivaled properties
26 September 2024 | ICGM, Montpellier, France

In the framework of the European project REDONDO (Reversibly Designed Cross-linked Polymers, www.redondo-project.eu), ICGM hosted a one-day workshop dedicated to polyethylene (PE), the most simple polymer and one of the oldest, yet, by far the most produced polymer in the world. Owing to is outstanding properties and versatility, PE is used in innumerable applications from mundane plastic bags to life-saving prosthetics. This workshop, organized around invited lectures given by experts from universities and from the private sector of this polymer material, provided a detailed overview of the syntheses, modifications, properties, aging, vitrimerisation, and recycling strategies and methods, as well as the future directions of research and development that should be envisaged for this outstanding polymer.