Recent studies have focused on the unique properties of perfluorinated compounds ... distinct regions rich in either hydrogenated or fluorinated chains are formed[3]. This segregation is ...

They are typically synthesized using free radical emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium, where polymerization aids (PAs), such as surfactants, are utilized to stabilize emulsion by coating ...

Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. To improve the remediation process, ...

Most of our customers are processing professionals who use our polymers — polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, their recycled equivalents and our biopolymers — to manufacture plastic-based ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a mission-driven organization that operates independently of the government. Also known as a civil society organization, an NGO may be established at the ...

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China ...

Polymers are either natural or synthetic macromolecules composed of many repeating units (monomers) usually arranged in the form of a chain. Examples of polymers are silk, rubber, silicone, DNA ...

The purpose of a Review is to bring the reader up to date with research in a particular field. Since the readership of Polymer Chemistry is wide ranging, it is essential that the Review is easily ...

Researchers in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces report using silicone rubber enhanced with zirconia nanoparticles to create a gecko-inspired slip-resistant polymer. They say the material, which ...

INSA Rouen Normandie, Univ Rouen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014, F-76000 Rouen, France ...