Understanding polymer degradation is critical for numerous applications—to uphold and extend polymer lifespan, deliberately design materials that degrade over time for purposes like medical implants ...

Abby Rolston became aware of the amount of plastic waste that’s thrown away each day while working as a veterinary assistant. Today her research is focused on the degradation of blended polymers ...

After 29 weeks of outdoor testing, the cell using the “hybrid polymer material” saw its conversion efficiency remain above 16%. Image: Oxford PV. Research funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) ...

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a new polymerization technique that chains chemical reactions in ...

While natural polymers, including starches and cellulose, are still commonly used in biomedical research, the utilization of synthetic biodegradable polymers in pharmaceutical and tissue-engineering ...

An illustration of one of Grove Biopharma’s protein-like polymers in sky blue and bright yellow. These protein-like polymers may help target intractable cancer-causing proteins. Credit: Saeed Najafi, ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka develop a tough material whose degradation can be switched on and off with lightModern ...

Researchers at Purdue University have harnessed a protein in blood to assemble conducting polymers, potentially opening the door for better, more compatible polymers to integrate bioelectronics with ...

Metal-organic networks have gained much attention due to their high surface areas and tunable structures, which underpin ...