Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers have successfully achieved the living polymerization of polymers with aligned helical structures. In this process, optically ...

Avantium collaborates with EPC Engineering & Technologies to advance PEF production, offering a licensed technology package ...

A ruthenium catalyst facilitated the polymerization, or polymer addition. Industrial firms have used this catalyst to make robust plastics and to convert biomass such as plant oils into fuels and ...

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and ...

Polymer chemistry is the study of the synthesis ... Synthesized via free-radical polymerization, these materials achieve tunable mechanical properties comparable to those of commercial plastics.

A research team has developed a revolutionary two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal that overcomes major conductivity ...