Chemists report a metal-free method to control cationic polymerization that provides a new framework for higher quality industrial polymers. The reaction depends on weak halogen bonding and the ...

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Nagoya - Polymer gel materials have been widely applied in medicine, civil engineering, architecture, and space exploration. Their appeal lies in the potential for preparing functional materials with ...

The novel homogeneous polymer gel created by University of Tokyo researchers has a more ordered structure than these type of materials typically have. (Image source: University of Tokyo) Polymer-based ...

Traditional synthetic polymers contain a distribution of chain lengths and monomer sequences. For applications such as molecular electronics, however, scientists want to create polymers of a specific ...

This method uses polymer modifications to tune enzyme activity for increased solubility in non-native solvents. Tuning the miscibility of enzymes in non-native solvent environments has important ...

However, they must be suitable for their intended use, regardless of whether they are functional or cosmetic. Their research, development, and quality control processes are heavily reliant on the ...