Polymer dielectric breakdown mechanism resolved: physicists at Russia's Ioffe Institute confirmed quantum tunneling drives ...

Methods for degrading polymers can be designed from the stage of material synthesis. A research team including members from ...

Polymer synthesis, also called polymerization, is the process by which monomers (small molecules) are covalently bonded to form a (usually long) polymer chain or network.

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Plastics underpin much of modern life—areas like medicine, technology, and food safety would be unrecognizable without plastics and their useful properties. However, the toughness of plastics, which ...

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Virginia Tech team creates cyclic gradient polyesters with strength, flexibility, and oxygen-barrier properties by rearranging polymer chains into rings.

When asked how much characterization data their lab has created in the last five years, a polymer scientist responds, "an ...