Biodegradable materials break down naturally through microbial action, offering a sustainable solution to environmental pollution in packaging, agriculture, and medical applications.

The building & construction segment is expected to account for the largest share of the polymer foam market by end-use industry during the forecast period in terms of value. By resin type ...

Combined with various semiconductor materials, conducting polymers ... (PEDOT)) on the mechanism of CP@CdS core-shell nanorods. The results show that the PPY@CdS and PANI@CdS photocatalysts have a ...

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, United States ...

Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333, Techno Jungang Daero, Hyeonpung-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea ...

These findings provide valuable insights into the anti-obesity mechanisms of fluorinated D-vitamin analogs and suggest potential therapeutic strategies for obesity prevention. All experiments were ...

ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that ...

The researchers produced this material using a new, highly efficient and scalable polymerization process. "We made a completely new polymer structure," said Northwestern's William Dichtel ...

highly effective firefighting foam,” said John Lettow, CEO of Vorbeck Materials. “Currently, the firefighting foams contain PFAS, which is carcinogenic, so we are looking for alternatives that ...