Light-based upcycling: crosslinked polymers produced from biomass Society today would not be able to exist without plastics, from low-cost mass-produced items to specialized high-tech materials….
Researchers from the University of Bath discovered that adding sugar units to polymers increases their degradability when exposed to UV radiation Many plastics that bear…
A CSIC research team found that wax worm saliva contains enzymes that can initiate polyethylene degradation in a short period of time A CSIC research…
Plastics are all around us, whether it’s the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics…
Scientists have developed a new membrane technology that allows for more efficient removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gases, such as power plant emissions….
A new enzyme variant can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days. It was …
A green method for producing crystalline supramolecular fibers promises to make polymer production more sustainable. A polymer that catalyzes its own formation in an environmentally…
An efficient machine-learning method uses chemical knowledge to create a learnable grammar with production rules to build synthesizable monomers and polymers. Chemical engineers and materials…
Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually replace…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Paderborn University, and the University of Konstanz have succeeded in achieving a rare quantum state. They…
By modifying carbon-hydrogen bonds, chemists at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill transform plastic trash into tougher, stronger material. The United States generates more…
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but…
Heating PPE to the right degree kills 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 virus without degrading material. Here’s the recipe to decontaminate a disposable facemask: Heat it at…
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing,…
A material derived from trees could potentially replace liquid electrolytes in next-generation batteries. In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more…
Plastics have taken the world by storm over the last century, finding applications in virtually every aspect of our lives. However, the rise of these…
Spontaneous wide-area spreading of oil on water inspires a facile energy-saving route of crafting electrically conductive nanostructures for future sensor/energy devices. Oil and water do…
Each human being uses, on average, 30 kg of plastic per year. Given that global life expectancy currently stands at approximately 70 years, each person…
