Melting, the traditional way of recycling plastic, degrades the material. Scientists make groundbreaking discovery that could ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

Electrochemical processes in devices like solar cells, fuel cells, lithium batteries, and water desalination systems rely on the safe, efficient, and robust transport of anions and cations between ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new method for the rapid, scalable preparation of uniform ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new method for the rapid scalable preparation of uniform nanostructures directly from block polymers.

A new study reveals that polymers, once thought to be harmless due to their large size, may degrade into toxic chemicals over time.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new light-triggered chemical process enables the breakdown of certain polymers into monomers, facilitating easier and cheaper recycling. This method involves ...

Polymer chemists at ETH Zurich have discovered a surprising way to virtually fully break down PMMA plastic – commonly known as Plexiglas – into its monomer building blocks. The process remains ...

Researchers created 'growth printing,' which mimics tree trunks' outward expansion to print polymer parts quickly and efficiently without the molds and expensive equipment typically associated with 3D ...

The complexation process was analyzed in real time for a ... the molecular weight of the PEI polymer, (ii) the mass ratios of BSA:PEI,(iii) the addition of a NaCl salt and (iv) the total volume ...