Myth: Tobacco Plants Are Only For Smoking: Difference between revisions
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===2019: [https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/09/19/132948/a-material-derived-from-tobacco-is-as-strong-as-wood-or-plastics/ A material derived from tobacco is as strong as wood or plastics]=== | ===2019: [https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/09/19/132948/a-material-derived-from-tobacco-is-as-strong-as-wood-or-plastics/ A material derived from tobacco is as strong as wood or plastics]=== | ||
*"This team has found a way to turn cells from tobacco plants into a hugely strong material with wood-like mechanical properties. “We have developed a new method to create natural biocomposite materials based on plant cells,” they say. “[The materials’] stiffness and strength surpass that of commercial plastics of similar density, like polystyrene, and low-density polyethylene, while being entirely biodegradable.” | *"This team has found a way to turn cells from tobacco plants into a hugely strong material with wood-like mechanical properties. “We have developed a new method to create natural biocomposite materials based on plant cells,” they say. “[The materials’] stiffness and strength surpass that of commercial plastics of similar density, like polystyrene, and low-density polyethylene, while being entirely biodegradable.” | ||
===2015: [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/03/cooking-with-tobacco-food A little tobacco in your chai? Leaf finds its way on to menus around the world]=== | |||
*"Tobacco is hitting menus throughout the world, whether it’s in a chicken wing sauce at the Morris House Bistro in Cheyenne, Wyoming; made into flour to dredge onions in like at JK’s Restaurant in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina; infused into sugar as Naomi Gallego does in her post as Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s pastry chef; or even as whole leaves added to chocolate bars, as at London-based Artisan du Chocolat." | |||
===2010: Patent Application: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110287681A1/en Textiles and Process for Making Textiles and Dyes from Tobacco Plants]=== | ===2010: Patent Application: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110287681A1/en Textiles and Process for Making Textiles and Dyes from Tobacco Plants]=== | ||