Polymer Chemistry

A new research project is aiming to develop a camera-based separation system that can separate plastic waste according to type. Implemented at plastic recyclers, the industry will be able to significantly increase the use of recycled…

Tyre particles are believed to transfer in large quantities from vehicles into our rivers and oceans. However, their precise fate - and the impact they have - remains something of a mystery. Now a three-year project funded by the…

The article by Dr. Bimal Banik and colleagues is published in Current Organic Synthesis, 2020 Steroid hybrid molecules have recently attracted great attention from researchers in recent years owing to their bioactive properties. Earlier a…

The article by Dr. Bimal Banik and colleagues is published in Current Organic Chemistry, 2020 Organic synthesis in water has attracted the attention of chemists for several years. Water is considered as nature's universal solvent and…

Discovery of a topological change of an interfacial hydrodynamics by a partial miscibility and creating a cross-disciplinary discipline of chemical thermodynamics and interfacial hydrodynamicsCredit: Yuichiro Nagatsu/TUAT, Takahiko Ban/…

This article by Dr. Bimal Krishna Banik and colleagues is published in Current Organocatalysis, 2020 One of the important objectives of green chemistry is the use of eco-friendly solvents and catalysts to perform chemical reactions.…

Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have made new discoveries on the effects of temperature on sustainable polymers. Their findings may help the industry to produce…

Chemists at the University of Jena develop new polymer electrolytes for redox flow batteriesCredit: (Image: Philipp Borchers/University of Jena) (Jena, Germany) The share of energy from renewable sources is constantly on the rise…

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed a new computer model to simulate the networks of force-carrying particles that give amorphous solids…

Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo - Many people across the globe are working hard to get the better of cancer; however cancer is always working too. Cancer cells can become resistant to the methods that have been…

With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and possibly breaking polymer chains.Credit: B. Honnorat, V. Brüser, and J.F. Kolb WASHINGTON,…

Credit: LI Mingjie and LI Xiankai Liquid metals (LMs) are promising for applications in flexible electronics and biomimetic functional composites. Nanometerization and surface modification of LMs are usually used to improve their…

Credit: Steve Techtmann/Michigan Tech It's a well-documented fact that we have a plastic problem. Plastic is so ubiquitous in packaging, many people don't even think twice about tossing it in the trash, even though it will likely…

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has demonstrated a way to use low-energy, visible light to produce polymer gel objects from pure monomer solutions. The work not only poses a potential solution to current…

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00929 3D printing has driven innovations in fields ranging from art to aerospace to medicine. However, the high-energy ultraviolet (UV) light used in most 3D…

Credit: NTU Singapore Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the stomach as a drug reservoir and delivers medicines slowly over time to…

Researchers compared their developed carriers for delivery of genome editing (GE) tools with other available analogues.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg…

Credit: © 2020 KAUST Understanding how solar cell operation changes as it moves from the lab into the real world is essential for optimizing their design prior to mass production. KAUST researchers show how perovskite/silicon tandem…

Quantum thermometer using nanodiamonds senses a 'fever' in tiny worms C. elegansCredit: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with other international partners, has…