CX-023552: BOTTLE - Recyclable and Biodegradable Manufacturing and Processing of Plastics and Polymers based on Renewable Branched Caprolactones

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the University of Minnesota to develop a process to manufacture materials from alkyl-caprolactone monomers from both biomass and recycled waste polymer in a manner that is economically competitive with existing materials.