Thermoplastics are processed in the molten state, their final shape and internal structure are established by cooling, and they can be softened and reshaped by reapplication of heat and pressure. Also ...

Professor Xiaokong Liu's team at Jilin University proposed an "activation-quenching" strategy for dynamic covalent chemistry, achieving precise and controllable "on-off" switching of dynamic bond ...

Polymers are composed of very large molecules formed by a combination of different monomers (smaller and simpler molecules), which can be natural or synthetic. Polymers are the basis of many ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, say they have developed a new technology to recycle rigid, long-lasting plastics used in cars, planes, wind turbines and other ...