Polymers are long chains of small molecules, called monomers, that link together like beads on a string. ... FANTASTIC PLASTIC A new polymer (shown here) ...

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have ...

Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer -- a chain of about a thousand ethylene molecules ... September 29). Process converts polyethylene bags, plastics to polymer building blocks ...

The makeup of polymer chains determines how strong, rigid or heat-resistant those plastics will be. Molecular editing is so promising that it has been the basis of two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.

Plastics exist as polymers, long chains of monomers that have been joined together chemically. The holy grail of plastic recycling would be to convert the polymers back to monomers and then use ...

The makeup of polymer chains determines how strong, rigid or heat-resistant those plastics will be. Molecular editing is so promising that it has been the basis of two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry. In ...

In 1920, the German chemist proposed that polymers—a broad class of compounds that included rubber and cellulose—were made of long chains of identical small molecules linked by strong chemical ...

When the polymer chains are tugged or experience shock, they tear on one side. Other plastic polymers would not be so uniformly damaged, leading to structural failure.

Manufactured polymers are ubiquitous in our 21st Century lives. The large molecules - long chains of smaller molecules bonded together, form any synthetic clothing you might be wearing, rubbers ...

Rule mapping The researchers' algorithm encodes the rules of polymer conformations (bottom layer) onto quantum spins in an annealer (upper layers). (Courtesy: Cristian Micheletti) The sheer length and ...

Bakelite is a thermoset plastic, meaning that its polymer chains are hooked together through the heat and pressure applied when it is molded. The molecules set the way batter sets in a waffle iron.