A ruthenium catalyst facilitated the polymerization, or polymer addition. Industrial firms have used this catalyst to make ...

Take the tangled spaghetti-soup of a polymer melt and stretch it: the immediate response is like that of an elastic network, as the polymers are forced to deform through their mutual entanglements.

For more than two decades, the Ihara research group has been focusing on the development of new methods for polymer syntheses ...

The Francis College of Engineering, Department of Plastics Engineering, invites you to attend a Doctoral Dissertation Proposal defense by Rebecca Olanrewaju on: "The Design and Processing of ...

What if we could invent materials that can repair themselves when damaged? Polymer molecules in various states – solid, melt, solution – are susceptible to covalent bond changes in response to ...

ORNL researchers developed a method to upcycle discarded plastics into high-value macromolecules, enhancing properties for ...

The development of polymer synthesis methods utilizing diazocarbonyl compounds as monomers. For over 20 years, the Ihara ...

This innovative advancement represents a significant leap in the production of Silicon Carbide (SiC) fibers and Ceramic ...

Global stakeholders increasingly favor rPET in packaging and textiles, supported by novel chemical recycling pathways, though ...