Two University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to develop new plastic ...

Supramolecular polymers—the versatile, "next-gen" polymers—offer potential applications in a variety of fields. However, achieving precise control of their polymerization requires a greater ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

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Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global natural polymers market to grow at a CAGR of over 5% during the forecast period, according to their latest market research report. The ...

A sample of a DUCKY polymer membrane researchers created to perform the initial separation of crude oils using significantly less energy. A new kind of polymer membrane created by researchers at ...

Over the past few decades, food packaging markets have captured the attention of researchers due to their direct impact on human health. Both metallic and nonmetallic materials find use in the food ...

Finding the next groundbreaking polymer is always a challenge, but now researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to shape and transform the future of the field. Nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. These ...

The method of fabricating structures and devices at the nanoscale, known as nanofabrication, has resulted in major developments in several fields, such as electronics, medicine, and materials science.