Isotactic polypropylene copolymers represent a highly versatile class of semi‐crystalline polymers, where the regular arrangement of substituent groups along the polymer backbone promotes a robust ...

To address the growing concern of accumulated non-degradable plastic waste in the oceans, a research group at Cornell University, USA, has developed a novel high-strength synthetic polymer called ...

Taking a cue from chemistry that’s common in the pharmaceutical industry, chemists have used chiral anions to control stereochemistry when making poly(vinyl ethers ...

Isotactic polypropylene (iPP) remains one of the most important polymers in modern industry, valued for its exceptional combination of strength, stiffness and impact resistance. Its highly regular ...

Poly(2-vinylpyridine 1-oxide) inhibits the cytotoxic effects of quartz in cell cultures but the syndiotactic polymer behaves differently from the isotactic and atactic polymers. In each case ...

A team of researchers at the Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MIPT, and elsewhere has found out how the regularity of polypropylene molecules and thermal ...

To address plastic pollution plaguing the world's seas and waterways, chemists have developed a new polymer that can degrade by ultraviolet radiation. To address plastic pollution plaguing the world's ...

Edwin J. Vandenberg of Fountain Hills, Ariz., will be honored March 25 by the world's largest scientific society for more than six decades of research to understand and customize plastics for ...

To convert polymers from raw materials into the final product, a processing stage is required that involves a molten state, commonly known as melt. The final product will normally be in a ...

A processing stage that involves a molten state, commonly known as melt, is required in order to convert polymers from raw materials into the final product. After cooling, the final product will ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -To address plastic pollution plaguing the world's seas and waterways, Cornell University chemists have developed a new polymer that can degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to ...