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S16E05: Bioplastics
Jenny and Solange are joined by conservation scientist Panagiotis Morfis as we talk bioplastics: what are they, where do they crop up, and how can we look after them? Also tune in for a review of ‘Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis’ from Jenny.
01:03 Feeling out of our depth is okay
05:00 What ARE bioplastics?
07:25 Information and identification
14:09 Bringing in the science
17:06 3D printing
25:28 Survey time!
29:46 3D printers in every home
31:07 The place of 3D printers in conservation
38:51 A return to making
48:44 Review: Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis
Show Notes:
– S02E05 Modern Materials (our old plastics episode!): https://thecword.show/2017/10/18/s02e05-modern-materials/
– Research overview from Panos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vNefVxMUH2urWH62RSkoMkJ6LrfSxVo/view?usp=sharing
– FTIR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier-transform_infrared_spectroscopy
– Raman spectroscopy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy
– Liquid chromatography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance_liquid_chromatography
– Panos’ survey: https://forms.office.com/r/XJv81gneMW
– Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis: https://www.routledge.com/Experimental-Design-and-Scientific-Data-Analysis/Skipper-Skipper/p/book/9781032501635
Recommended Reading from Panos:
– ‘Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics’: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/design-innovation/sustainability-at-christmas
– MoDiP projects: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects
– A curator’s guide to plastics: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects/curators-guide-plastics
Support us on Patreon!
Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Solange Masher and Panagiotis (Panos) Morfis.
Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
A Wooden Dice production, 2025.
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Jenny and Solange are joined by conservation scientist Panagiotis Morfis as we talk bioplastics: what are they, where do they crop up, and how can we look after them? Also tune in for a review of ‘Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis’ from Jenny.
01:03 Feeling out of our depth is okay
05:00 What ARE bioplastics?
07:25 Information and identification
14:09 Bringing in the science
17:06 3D printing
25:28 Survey time!
29:46 3D printers in every home
31:07 The place of 3D printers in conservation
38:51 A return to making
48:44 Review: Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis
Show Notes:
– S02E05 Modern Materials (our old plastics episode!): https://thecword.show/2017/10/18/s02e05-modern-materials/
– Research overview from Panos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vNefVxMUH2urWH62RSkoMkJ6LrfSxVo/view?usp=sharing
– FTIR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier-transform_infrared_spectroscopy
– Raman spectroscopy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy
– Liquid chromatography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance_liquid_chromatography
– Panos’ survey: https://forms.office.com/r/XJv81gneMW
– Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis: https://www.routledge.com/Experimental-Design-and-Scientific-Data-Analysis/Skipper-Skipper/p/book/9781032501635
Recommended Reading from Panos:
– ‘Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics’: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/design-innovation/sustainability-at-christmas
– MoDiP projects: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects
– A curator’s guide to plastics: https://www.modip.ac.uk/projects/curators-guide-plastics
Support us on Patreon!
Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Solange Masher and Panagiotis (Panos) Morfis.
Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
A Wooden Dice production, 2025.
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