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Trehalose Analog Offers a Simpler Route to Water-Soluble Glycopolymers

Sugars have long tempted chemists as building blocks for advanced materials. They are abundant, biologically familiar, and exceptionally good at binding water, which makes them att...

Squeezing Polypropylene Flips Its Insulation From Rubbery to Glassy Conduction

New high-pressure experiments show that polypropylene undergoes a pressure-induced glass transition between roughly 230 and 290 megapascals, where its free volume collapses and its...

Nanoclay-Boosted Polymer Additive Slashes Waxy Crude Oil Pour Points by 30 Degrees

Researchers in Egypt have shown that hybridizing a vinyl acetate–based copolymer with montmorillonite nanoclay produces liquid nanocomposite additives that cut waxy crude oil pour...

New Open-Access Journal Puts Sustainable Polymers at the Center of Materials Science

Polymers are quietly the most successful materials story of the modern era, and the scientific community is now giving them a dedicated stage. Springer Nature has launched the Jour...

Grafted Molecule Tames Electric Fields in Next-Generation Power Cable Plastic

Researchers grafted 4-allyloxybenzil onto impact polypropylene copolymer, cutting space charge accumulation by 85 percent and boosting DC breakdown strength by 30 percent for HVDC...

Polyaniline electrode reveals its hidden structural choreography through coulovoltammetry

Researchers at the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have opened an unusually intimate window onto one of the most technically important conducting polymers in modern electro...

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Chemists Give Plastic a Sticky New Surface with a Pinch of Iron Catalyst

Chemists have developed an iron-catalyzed reaction that selectively oxidizes only the surface of solid polyethylene, boosting its adhesion to polar surfaces up to 90-fold while pre...

Scientists created an unusual plastic-like polymer that turns into a gas when heated to about 90°C,…

Scientists created an unusual plastic-like polymer that turns into a gas when heated to about 90°C,...

Empty Voids, Full Potential: Free-Volume Engineering Unlocks Recyclable Bio-Based Epoxy That Rivals Petroleum Plastics

Epoxy resins are the quiet workhorses of modern industry. The carbon fiber panels in aircraft wings, the blades of wind turbines, and countless high-performance structural componen...

A Guide to How Polymers are Used in Packaging Production!

Packaging plays a crucial role in protecting, preserving, and presenting products to consumers. Polymers, with their versatility, durability, and cost-effectiveness, have become in...

A polymer additive makes rubber fluoresce when stretched

Blending a force-sensitive polymer into commercial SBS rubber made it fluoresce under ultraviolet light while preserving its bulk mechanical properties.

Molecular surface design achieves over 100 millionfold tuning of porous liquid viscosity

Changing only the surface groups of metal-organic polyhedra alters the conformation of surrounding polymer chains, enabling unprecedented control over viscosity and temperature-dep...

New polymer glows fluorescent under mechanical stress

Materials that glow under stress have long been a dream for engineers who worry about the silent failure of plastics, rubbers, and composites. Now, researchers at Institute of Scie...

Microscopic foam gives polymers pigment-free whiteness and water repellency

Light and a mild solvent create porous polymer patterns that scatter light and repel water, offering a potential route beyond titanium dioxide and PFAS.

USACM Student Chapter Seminar: Multiphysics Theory and Computational Framework for Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels

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Blow-Spun PVDF Nanofiber Mats Get Strength Boost From Clay Up to a Critical Limit

Researchers in Brazil have shown that a fast, low-cost fiber fabrication technique can turn a common fluoropolymer into tough, water-repellent nanocomposite mats—but only up to a s...

Kiel: Forschende entdecken selbstpolarisierende Polymerbeschichtung

Kieler Forschende haben dünne Polymerschichten entdeckt, die sich während ihrer Herstellung selbst elektrisch aufladen. Ein bislang notwendiger Arbeitsschritt entfällt dadurch komp...

Molecular doping unlocks much higher conductivity in flexible plastics

Researchers uncover how alkylsilane molecules improve charge injection in conducting polymers, offering a new route to higher-performance flexible and wearable electronics.

Bio-based polystyrene adds built-in breaking points for easier recycling

Researchers created a polystyrene containing about 50% renewable feedstock and engineered chemical breaking points that allow controlled degradation and easier end-of-life processi...

Single carbon atom stitches flat molecules into rigid 3D structures

A new catalytic reaction breaks carbon–carbon single bonds and creates four new bonds around one carbon atom, enabling the synthesis of complex 3D molecules for functional material...

Chemistry Earns National Packaging Recognition

AI searches for the molecular recipe behind stretchable electronics

A four-year project will build predictive models linking polymer structure and processing to performance, aiming to speed flexible bioelectronics discovery.

Graded membranes point to a sustainable route for refining complex petroleum

StackRSS Canonical Source Context Original Article Title: Graded membranes point to a sustainable route for refining complex petroleum Journal or Source Feed: Eurekalert | Chemistr...