Polymer Chemistry

Credit: Hailong Fan et al., Nature Communications, November 12, 2019 New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine adhesives.…

An efficient manufacturing method for multifunctional bio/chemo-degradable plasticsCredit: Shinshu University Associate Professor Kohsaka states, "The fun part of polymer science is that your results are tangible. You can…

All-printed large-scale integrated circuits based on organic electrochemical transistorsCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University and RISE, Campus Norrköping, have shown for the first time that it is possible to…

Identified ion transfer principle with reverse electrodialysis method which is representative marineCredit: Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER) Dr. Kim Hanki of Jeju Global Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy…

Credit: © 2019 KAUST By juggling four different chemical reactions in a single flask, researchers at KAUST have combined four polymers to form a single multicrystalline substance. Materials that seamlessly combine multiple polymers…

New blueprint for affordable, sustainable 'flow batteries' developed at Berkeley Lab could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun and windCredit: Berkeley Lab scientists have developed an affordable flow battery membrane for the…

BfR Opinion No. 036/2019 of 17 September 2019 These components are oligomers. They are composed of a few similar molecules of simple plastic building blocks made of specific starting chemicals. They are formed unintentionally during the…

By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a UCL-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools. Previous experiments had failed to foster…

Improved protein control could lead to wound-healing gels and other applications DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that they can create stable materials from engineered disordered proteins by…

Tokyo, Japan - A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment. By gradually removing the solvent from a…