Natural Polymers Consortium (NPC), which launched in 2024, has published its first paper which can be found in ACS Su ...

Researchers create 'living' polymers that grow, degrow, and reprogram their properties after fabrication using reversible chemistry and light-activated catalysts. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A salamander can ...

In a twist of fate, a humble lab experiment by chemist Julian Hill in the 1930s turned a sticky substance into a global ...

Illinois professor Ying Diao led a multi-institutional study that positions synthetic polymers as a potential alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals for use in semiconductors and other ...

Polymers revolutionized materials science by enabling engineered molecular structures, leading to innovations in manufacturing, medicine, and sustainability.

The photo shows Dr. Qi Zhang and Prof. Dr. Ben Feringa in front of Shanghai Tower, which five years ago inspired a project to create a dynamical helical polymer, that can also be recycled into its ...

The sources of natural polymers can be plant-based, animal-based, and marine-derived. For instance, plant-based polymers like cellulose are widely used in paper and textile industries for their ...