PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – In an unusual breakthrough at New York University's department of chemistry, researchers have been able to turn DNA into a molecular machine that can assemble polymer chains one ...

Researchers overcame the tradeoff between plastic toughness and degradability by developing plastics with movable crosslinks. The crosslinks both increased toughness by over eight times and increased ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --A new approach to studying conjugated polymers made it possible for an Army-funded research team to measure, for the first time, the individual molecules’ mechanical and ...

The catalysts that buzz around inside a reaction are rather like a swarm of midges—you know they’re there, but each one is so small and fast that they seem impossibly difficult to track in flight.

Plastics are widely used polymeric materials employed in a diverse array of applications and across a wide range of popular consumer products. Polymers used in the production of plastics are typically ...

Researchers have created a nanoscale system that might be used to deliver drugs or release molecules that repair damaged materials (Nature 2024, DOI:10.1038/s41586 ...

The widespread adoption of wearable technology over the past decade has significantly transformed the way we receive, share and process data. Researchers at MIT have developed 'smart' digital fiber ...

Conceptual figure showing the enzymatically sustainable resources of poly(ε-caprolactone)-poly(urethane) (PCL-PU) with movable cross-links catalyzed by lipase as the enzyme. Osaka, Japan—Achieving a ...

A new approach to studying conjugated polymers made it possible for researchers to measure the individual molecules' mechanical and kinetic properties during polymerization reaction. The insights ...

image: A new approach to studying conjugated polymers made it possible for an Army-funded research team to measure, for the first time, the individual molecules' mechanical and kinetic properties ...