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Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. It was a surprise to find our research could also address a big problem in sustainability: that of plastic pollution Tuomas Knowles The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, created a polymer film by mimicking the properties of spider silk, one of the strongest materials in nature. The new material is as strong as many common plastics in use today and could replace plastic in many common household products. The material was created using a new approach for assembling plant proteins into materials that mimic silk on a molecular level. The energy-efficient method, which uses sustainable ingredients, results in a plastic-like free-standing film, which can be made at industrial scale. Non-fading ‘structural’ colour can be added to the polymer, and it can also be used to make water-resistant coatings.

United kingdomMarc rodriguez garciaTuomas knowlesRodriguez garciaAyaka kamadaUniversity of cambridgeNature communicationsSt john collegeCambridge yusuf hamied department of chemistryUniversity of cambridge enterprise fundProfessor tuomas knowlesYusuf hamied departmentCambridge enterpriseAmadeus capital partnersSky ocean venturesCambridge enterprise fund