A newly designed robust mechanophore provides early warning against mechanical failure while resisting heat and UV, report ...

A group lead by Prof. Yang Liu from Huazhong University of Science and Technology has created a new type of "upgraded" ...

Conducting polymers have emerged as a pivotal class of materials for advanced optoelectronic applications owing to their tunable molecular structure, ...

Polyolefins are thermoplastics synthesized from ethylene and propylene, primarily sourced from oil, natural gas, and sugar cane. They constitute about 50 % of plastic consumption in Europe and ...

Researchers at Osaka University have discovered a method to create durable, high-performance polymers—the primary building block of plastics—that can be precisely and easily broken down into their ...

A growing elderly population and a drive to reduce healthcare facility costs with more remote diagnosis are among the drivers of medical devices of the future. Add to that increasing concerns over the ...

ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Ascend Performance Materials, Houston, has acquired California-based Circular Polymers, a recycler of postconsumer, high-performance polymers, including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester ...

Parsippany, N.J.-based Conventus Polymers LLC defines its culture as "one of creativity, ideation and continuous improvement." The first core value of Conventus Polymers, which describes itself as "a ...

Nylon 6/6 resin maker Ascend Performance Materials has purchased a majority stake in California-based carpet recycler Circular Polymers LLC. Lincoln-based Circular recycles post-consumer, ...