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 ...

The three-dimensional structures of hyperbranched materials have made them attractive in many important applications. However, the preparation of hyperbranched materials remains challenging. The ...

An alternative to solve the problem is to incorporate some types of monomers to PMMA. Recently, there has been increasing interest in using various types of monomers in polymeric dental materials to ...

CSIRO has signed a global licensing agreement for its patented Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) technology. Monomer Polymer, a US company that specialises in manufacturing ...

Researchers have created a high-performance polymer that can be chemically recycled without compromising its heat and chemical resistance. The revolutionary design includes a directing group that ...

Smashing compounds together to get them to polymerize sounds more like desperation than effective organic chemistry. But chemists Timothy M. Swager of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jens B.

For more than two decades, the Ihara research group has been focusing on the development of new methods for polymer syntheses ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a reusable adhesive from waste polymers ...

The challenges of alternative polymer materials—namely, those that are “biobased” and lay claim to being compostable and degradable—loom large. None have captured any significant market share even for ...