Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient way to characterize the structure of polymers at the nanoscale -- effectively designing a routine analytical tool that could be used by industries ...

Researchers have developed a novel defluorination method to dispose of PTFE, used in solar componentry and electric cable ...

In nature, random fiber networks such as some of the tissues in the human body, are strong and tough with the ability to hold ...

Researchers have developed a simple method that converts existing generic polymers into luminescent polymers using mechanical force. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a simple method that ...

A new method allows chemists to precisely place single monomers at any position within a polymer chain made of other types of monomers. With this single monomer, chemists can add various types of ...

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluorine-based polymer with a wide range of applications, including non-stick cookware production and electrical and optical fiber cable coating, owing to ...

A powerful one-step, "chain growth" method should make it easier to design and synthesize a variety of highly conductive polymers for different research and commercial applications, according to a ...

Soy proteins are used in plant-based natural polymers meant to eventually supplant plastic materials. But to compete with the ...

Precise synthesis of polymer brushes to modify the surface of nanoparticles and nanodevices for targeted applications has been one of the major focuses in the community for decades. Here we report a ...

And while consumers have been able to use their purchasing power to turn the tide away from plastic in some regards, its production is still massively outpacing its recycling. Of the 400 million tons ...

According to a study published in Advanced Functional Materials, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) established a method for synthesizing polymers based on ion-electron mixed ...