Oysters & the Solar Thermal World

An organic chemist made an amazing discovery about how oysters regulate the growth of their shells using a biopolymer, called thermal polyaspartate (TPA). Oyster shells are made up of calcium carbonate, which is the same material that clogs water pipes. We are working to bring TPA into the solar thermal world, replacing todays commercial antiscalants called palyacrylates, which are not biodegradable.