There’s $1.2 million up for grabs in the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize. More importantly, there are eight young innovators working to solve what prize organizers call a thin-film plastic crisis.

Tom Ford and 52HZ, a strategy and creative agency that helps nongovernmental organizations, brands and people change the world, said today the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize is now accepting ...

The three winners are sourcing and scaling biobased and degradable alternatives to traditional, thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels. “I started this Prize three years ago with a harrowing fear ...

Thin films might not come up in conversation every day, but they are all around us. Take the metallic plastic films of chip ...

Plastics make up approximately 5–12 % of global waste generation, constituting around 20–30 % of waste by weight. Alarmingly, about 60 % of plastics end up as plastic waste (PW) in the environment. 2 ...

Definition: Thin films are critical layers of material, from a few nanometers to several micrometers thick, deployed across technology, electronics, and energy sectors. Their importance lies in their ...

Optris GmbH & Co. KG continues to expand its successful CTi infrared pyrometer platform with the introduction of three new ...

Thin films form the basis of many industries today, including semiconductors, electric vehicles, smart optical coatings, sophisticated medical equipment, and protective layers on high-temperature ...