Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been leveraged to study the surface defects of natural rubber vulcanizates so that their structural−mechanical properties can be defined. This data is vital to ...

Natural rubber (NR) is considered to be an important industrial crop and is contained predominantly in the milky sap or latex of a tree known as Hevea brasiliensis, as well as a small amount of ...

HANOVER, Germany—For tire makers seeking to create more sustainable tires, transparency matters. Because rolling out a 100-percent sustainable tire also means being able to prove just how sustainable ...

In 2022, tire company Bridgestone used the IndyCar racing series to debut a new sustainable natural rubber that it has been testing as a replacement for less environmentally friendly rubber. The new ...

When most people think of forest products, they think of wood — lumber and building products — or pulp-based materials such as paper and cardboard. While it is true that these make up the bulk of ...

James Robert Innes received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Production of natural rubber has claimed over 4 million hectares of forest in south-east Asia ...