The Science of Biorenewables
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Working in joint development with Elevance Renewable Sciences, Tetramer is developing new industrial
materials based on natural oils as feedstock as part of an NSF Phase IIB SBIR grant. Tetramer synthesized over
100 new materials, screened efficiently and down-selected 4 new materials for immediate development activity
with Elevance.
Synthesis Atomic Structure Microstructure Macrostructure
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Synthesis
While the triglyceride (vegetable oil) molecule appears to be simple, the
overall makeup of naturally derived oils can get complex quickly. At
Tetramer new materials are developed in small scale and large scale
reactions.
Microstructure
Material properties are dependant on the
nature of the crystallites and the crystallite
interactions. The size and shape (morphology)
of the crystallite impacts the strength and
ductility of the material.
Macrostructure
At the macro- scopic level, physical
properties of a material are affected by
high porosity, cracks, voids, and
surface roughness.