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A team led by researchers at the University of Washington developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers...
Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of vitrimer — a cutting-edge class of sustainable polymers — to a jelly-like substance without damaging it, allowing the solid components to be plucked out for reuse or recycling. “PCBs make up a pretty large fraction of the mass and volume of electronic waste,” said co-senior author Vikram Iyer, a UW assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. “The nice thing is that a lot of industries — such as aerospace, automotive and even electronics — already have processing set up for the sorts of two-part epoxies that we use here,” said lead author Zhihan Zhang, a UW doctoral student in the Allen School.
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