Nanocomposites represent an innovative class of materials that combine inorganic nanofillers with polymer matrices to achieve enhanced mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties. Recent advances in ...

Why knowing how polymers are made helps you work smarter with plastics.

Aqueous free-radical precipitation polymerization is one of the most useful methods to prepare the uniformly sized hydrogel microspheres (microgels), and an understanding of the polymerization ...

Traditional polymers such as plastics are widely utilized for their chemical inertness and durability. However, these very ...

Across the world, a considerable amount of the plastics and synthetic fibers used daily are produced from polymerization processes. Thus, there is a significant demand for process optimization and ...

A research team from Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory introduced a new, eco-friendly method to transform carbon dioxide ...

Within the chemical industry, the manufacturing of polymers is one of the largest sectors - the volumes of polystyrene alone produced annually worldwide reaching billions of kilograms. 1 ...

Rochester, N.Y.-based sustainable materials company Novomer has developed efficient catalyst technology that allows for the commercial production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers. The company ...