My apologies for the very basic look and lack of information, I'm just starting out and will be sprucing up the site as I find time. For now I've typed up a brief blurb introducing the project and outlining my goals for it.
Background: Options Material Research is borne out of a desire to perform independent R&D in the realm of polymer science, with a focus on cultivating, collecting, and disseminating information about biodegradable plastics and other materials of infrastructure.
Of particular interest, as of my writing this, are: bio-derived polyesters, alkyd and UV-cured resins and epoxies, as well as natural biopolymers (cellulose, starch, chitosan, alginates, etc..) and exploring their synthesis/extraction, green catalysis, derivatization, and processing. Also of interest are waste/biomass valorization and the anthropological aspects of how we interact with the materials we produce and the culture that promotes.
I'll be adding a bit more about myself and some contact functionality soon.