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XlynX’s launches glue based on bisdiazirine chemistry

by Michael McCoy
September 18, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 34

 

The structure of a bisdiazirine cross-linker.

The Canadian start-up XlynX Materials has launched what it calls a new class of adhesives that use bisdiazirine chemistry to create covalent bonds between polymer chains. The firm says the approach can form carbon-carbon bonds between almost any plastics, including hard-to-glue polyethylene and polypropylene. XlynX’s technology was developed by University of Victoria chemistry professor Jeremy Wulff.

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