Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a new class of polymers as part of the work carried out within the ...

Polymer chemistry is central to the development of new technologies and substances. Materials based upon natural and synthetic organic macromolecules, polymers, and hybrid derivatives have enormous ...

Polymer chemistry is transforming industries, from sustainable materials to biomedicine. Over his decades as a professor of materials, chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara, Craig Hawker’s ...

Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a global burden in human health and food production, so affordable new materials are ...

PFAS contamination in water is difficult to clean up and can negatively impact aquatic ecosystems. Discover how a new ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

Polymer nanocomposites offer chemists a powerful platform for designing materials with tunable mechanical, transport, optical, and electronic properties. However, achieving precise control over ...

Supramolecular chemistry leverages non‐covalent interactions to assemble discrete molecular components into complex, dynamic architectures. In the context of polymers, this approach enables the ...

Scientists developing new biomaterials often try to mimic the body's natural proteins, but a chemist shows that simpler polymers -- based on a handful of plastic building blocks -- also work well.

MAT_SCI 431 introduces the core topics and basic concepts of polymer chemistry for materials scientists and engineers. This course covers introductory topics in macromolecular structures and ...

While this scanning electron microscope image may look like a harbinger of doom—perhaps a symptom of a haunted instrument or a cursed lab—Gustavo Porrata Caraballo says there’s a perfectly rational ...