Plastics, which are polymeric materials composed of long chains of small molecules called monomers, are widely used in everyday life and industry due to their lightweight, good strength and ...

A person holds a giant carton made of paper pulp filled with brown eggs. Egg cartons made from recycled paper pulp are an example of natural polymers used in commercial food packaging. Credit: ...

Orlando, Fla. — A coalition of Northeast Ohio plastics companies, governments and universities is hoping to secure at least $40 million in federal funding to become a national technology hub for ...

A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), led by Yuhang Hu, PhD, has developed a new class of synthetic polymers that can grow, shrink, heal, and regenerate after their ...

This symposium will bring together global experts working at the intersection of sustainable polymer science and real-world applications. Sessions will cover topics such as biodegradable and bio-based ...

The automotive industry is under increasing scrutiny to improve sustainability, and one of the key approaches to addressing this is sustainable material choice. The automotive sector uses over 14 ...

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Polymer-based gene delivery systems represent a promising class of non-viral vectors, offering significant advantages in safety, structural versatility, biodegradability, and the potential for ...

Polymers today have a bad reputation – the word brings to mind microplastics, pollution, sustainability concerns. But polymers changed materials science by showing that molecular structure could be ...