The global bio-based polymers market is experiencing unprecedented growth, expanding over four times faster than the overall polymer market. Driven by stringent regulations on single-use plastics and ...

Several hindrances to the recycling of synthetic polymers, including material separation and post-treatment degradation of the macromolecular polymer chains, negatively affect the cost-efficiency and ...

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 ...

Even though many plastics are recyclable, most are not recycled because of the cost and labor needed. To help make plastic recycling easier, chemists want to find new polymers that require less work ...

Plastic, once ingenious for its durability and versatility, has become a global environmental issue that is affecting every ...

Researchers from Shinshu University developed a two-step recycling process for depolymerizing the cyclic styrene-based vinyl polymers and recovering the monomers via single-step chemical modification ...

A new study provides an unprecedented look at how monomer sequence affects charge transport in precisely defined chain molecules. Researchers in the Schroeder and Moore groups at the University of ...