Within the chemical industry, the manufacturing of polymers is one of the largest sectors - the volumes of polystyrene alone produced annually worldwide reaching billions of kilograms. 1 ...

Across the world, a considerable amount of the plastics and synthetic fibers used daily are produced from polymerization processes. Thus, there is a significant demand for process optimization and ...

A team of chemistry and materials science experts from University of California, Santa Barbara and The Dow Chemical Company has created a novel way to overcome one of the major hurdles preventing the ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

KOBE, Japan—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has claimed a breakthrough in synthesizing biopolymers through a selective polymerization process. As part of its research, SRI scientists discovered that ...

Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...