A new multi-functional material which can be used to purify water, as a recyclable construction material, and as a lightweight machine component for possible use in soft robotics, can also be moved ...

The first self-healing polymer has been produced by material scientists at RIKEN using a commercially available compound. The team offers a promising method for increasing the toughness and reducing ...

Polymers have emerged as the unsung heroes of modern manufacturing, revolutionizing various sectors of the economy and changing how we live. They are the foundation of countless goods and procedures, ...

The IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) characterizes bioplastics as biobased polymers that can be shaped by flow when they are processed, and that are made out of either biomass ...

Polyesters close polyesterCondensation polymer made from two types of monomer, one with two –OH groups and one with two –COOH groups. are condensation polymers. The monomers and polymer can be ...

Polymers are not simply an invention of chemists. Many are synthesised in nature and even in our bodies. The most common natural polymers are carbohydrates like starch and proteins.

The UMass Amherst-led team challenges the conventional wisdom that perfect fillers are better for making thermally conductive polymers AMHERST, Mass. — In the quest to design the next generation of ...

Big problems call for big ideas. One of the biggest challenges from a wide-angle environmental view is figuring out what to do about carbon dioxide, which accounts for 76% of greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) honored Republic Services with the 2024 Sustainability Game Changer Award, for the company’s eight-month-old Polymer Center in Las Vegas. The ...