What if a complex material could reshape itself in response to a simple chemical signal? A team of physicists from the ...

A new study uncovers revealing insights into how plastic materials used in electronics are formed, and how hidden flaws in ...

More information: Eiji Ihara, Development of polymer syntheses using diazocarbonyl compounds as monomers, Polymer Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41428-024-00954-1 Provided by Ehime University ...

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories in the US have modified a molecule that, when added to a polymer, increases the material’s durability to make it more metal-like.

Hokkaido University. "Multicyclic molecular wheels with polymer potential." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 August 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230802003418.htm>.

Molecule from nature provides fully recyclable polymers Date: February 5, 2021 Source: University of Groningen Summary: Plastics are among the most successful materials of modern times. However ...

To create mechanoresponsive polymers that are useful in a variety of temperatures and lighting conditions, a different molecule will probably be necessary. Nature, 2009. DOI: 10.1038/nature07970 ...

May 28, 2019 Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices (Nanowerk News) Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba demonstrate that polymers could play a ...

In 2006, one of her grad students, Ameri David, succeeded in devising a computer model for a megasupramolecule that seemed to hit the sweet spot: providing all the benefits of ultra-long polymers ...

The molecule also has a carboxyl group, which readily reacts with metal ions. These can crosslink the polymers, which results in an elastic material.

This zone can be as small as a single molecule and can be tailored to provide adequate space for the formation of other polymers. Inside these nanosized pockets, chemicals can react to produce ...

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 08 February 2019 This polymer carries the seeds of its own destruction A molecule’s partial dissolution generates acid, leading to runaway degradation.