Adolfo Benedito

Adolfo Benedito has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Valencia, focusing on ABS copolymer degradation and recycling capabilities. Since 2001, he has been working at AIMPLAS as head of the compounding department until 2009, and currently as head of materials research department. Adolfo has been the main technical responsible for several EU research and national projects, as well as author and co-author of several papers and book chapters focused on nanotechnology applied to polymeric materials.

Articles by Adolfo Benedito

• Printed electronics allow technological leap in wearable devices

  Friday, May 19, 2017

  ​Printed electronics use traditional 3-D printing technologies for the deposition of conductive, semi-conductive and dielectric materials. This eases the development of new flexible electronic components, such as organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells, light-emitting devices (OLED), flexible screens and RFID antennas. These are examples of the numerous developments in organic electronics, which will be able to be printed partially or totally in the coming years.

• The house of the future: What dreams are made of

  Monday, June 13, 2016

  When I was just a child and I stuffed myself with films from the '60s and '70s, I recall something that used to attract my attention. I had an obsession with the sceneries, backgrounds, furniture, spaces — so kitsch and pop art — mixed with booming influences, such as Andy Warhol's art.

• Biomimetic materials: New ways to copy nature

  Monday, June 22, 2015

  In science, we have a predicament of looking for solutions to problems in the most unforeseen ways, thinking that maybe the most complex solution is always the best. Nothing could be further from the truth. Nature, after millions of years of evolution, has always given rise to the most satisfactory solutions. It is the classic methodology of trial and error, known as natural selection. It exists, undoubtedly, as a modern trend to look towards the solutions that nature proposes to us and for us to try to reproduce them.

• Biopolymers: The key to the 21st‑century medical revolution

  Monday, May 11, 2015

  We have so much hope for medical innovation in the near future. Words such as nanotechnology, immune therapy, stem cells and tissue creation are becoming more and more common in the medical world, generating a current of optimism that we may soon find cures and treatments for many complex diseases and conditions.

• Plastic materials offer exciting possibilities in electrical applications

  Monday, March 09, 2015

  The immense possibilities of design and finishes of plastic materials plus the great potential of transformation processes have contributed to the huge growth of these materials in some determined sectors. Nevertheless, we cannot forget an essential property of plastics: their dielectric properties.

• Plastics in construction: A vision of the future

  Monday, April 28, 2014

  Plastics and their technology are youthful. We must remember the short history of plastic materials — which began in the late 19th century and grew throughout the 20th century — in relation to the wide experience of materials traditionally used in construction.

• Coatings: The skin of plastic matter

  Monday, December 09, 2013

  ​In a risky analogy, we might say that coatings in plastics play the role of human skin. The first bastion defending the material, coatings are an added value that aim to both protect from the outside and to provide the material with unique and exclusive functionalities. Plastics and their coatings belong, therefore, to a complex and unique system with significantly enhanced properties compared to the original material.