Polymer synthesis, also called polymerization, is the process by which monomers (small molecules) are covalently bonded to form a (usually long) polymer chain or network. A facile and versatile ...

It is also a global supplier, with India’s polymer exports totaling some 1.5 million metric tons in 2021. Thermoplastic demand in India totaled 19.3 million tons in the financial year 2022.

Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for stiffness. Researchers at the University of Virginia ...

For a polymer to be considered truly biodegradable, it has to be fully disassembled and microbially converted to carbon dioxide, water (or methane, in anaerobic conditions), and biomass.

But what if there were a way to break down market-dominant synthetic polymers as if they were biodegradable? Enzymes might be a solution. Synthetic polymers don’t exist in the wild, but similar ...

Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument Facility, CSIR─Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India Academy of Scientific and ...

*to (*Tayyab Subhani ([email protected]) and. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K. *Ahmed I. Osman ([email protected])).