Synthetic polymers play a crucial role in cell biology, serving as delivery vehicles for DNA and drugs, acting as fluorescent probes for cellular sensing, functioning as bioinks for tissue engineering ...

Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, known for extreme durability. Their "crosslinked polymer" chemical structure ...

Uncontrolled polymerization in 7,000-gallon storage tank created dangerous pressure buildup and vapor release concerns.

To investigate whether emulsion polymerization can increase the molar mass of copolymers, a series of reactions with 1–7 mol% loading of BMDTO to styrene monomers were conducted, and the results were ...

The most fundamental physical parameter of a polymer chain is its molecular weight (MW), which determines both physical properties and material performance. The tuning of MW over a wide range, and ...

Researchers at Cornell University have devised a new single-molecule microscopy method for studying polymers as they grow (Nat Chem. 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01363-2). “We see every monomer,” says ...

A scheme showing, on the left, a lactone monomer with two methyl groups and an alkylidene sticking off of the central ring, and on the right, a polyester with those same groups sticking off of the ...

A controlled/“living” click polymerization method developed by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo and Nagoya University enables precise chain-growth of AB-type monomers—traditionally limited to ...

Is the next major innovation in clean water technology perhaps the combination of two processing approaches that were thought ...