The formation of supramolecular polymers within living cells is an emerging strategy for regulating cellular functions, and ...

Skeletal-editing reactions are offering chemists an ever-expanding toolbox of techniques to add, swap, or subtract atoms in molecular backbones. Now two research teams have developed complementary ...

Bio-tar, once seen as a toxic waste, can be transformed into bio-carbon with applications in clean energy and environmental protection. This innovation could reduce emissions, create profits, and ...

When a plastic fails unexpectedly, the cause could lie anywhere — processing, design, material choice or even additives. But sometimes, the problem goes deeper — back to how the polymer itself was ...

A number of monomers containing polar functional groups have been successfully polymerized by ATRP. They include acrylonitrile (AN),(1-5) (meth)acrylamides,(6,7) 4-vinyl pyridine (4VP),(8,9) ...

ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Nano- and microscale 3D printing offers design freedom and efficiency, paving the way for numerous pioneering innovations, particularly in the fields of micro-optics and micromechanics. In turn, these ...

Effect of molecular weight toward tensile properties in the present biobased polyesters, HP1. The plots of PE-18,18 (polyester-18,18, reported biobased), and ...

In many cases the dangerous reaction can be controlled by adding a stabilizer or inhibitor. This is a chemical that is added in small amounts to the material to slow down or prevent an unwanted ...