A new recycling method breaks mixed plastics into their building blocks and selectively rebuilds each one, turning multilayer ...

The creation of plastics from polymers is now an old industry. So, there are many methods, sub-methods, and specific synthetic variations now used by academics and industry scientists to create ...

Across the world, a considerable amount of the plastics and synthetic fibers used daily are produced from polymerization processes. Thus, there is a significant demand for process optimization and ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 192, No. 1030 (Feb. 18, 1948), pp. 329-339 (11 pages) A simple method for investigating the relation ...

The innovative approach combines thermoplastic agents with photopolymer resins to reinforce cracked areas, enhancing the ...

Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student ...

(Nanowerk News) Adsorption-based (e.g., gas or liquid molecules) separation technologies have shown unique economic and environmental advantages in specific applications. In industrial applications, ...

Bethany Halford Bethany Halford is a Senior Correspondent for C&EN based in Boston. Once upon a time Bethany was a synthetic organic chemist, churning out new molecules. She used to tell people she ...

Given a choice, manufacturers of high-performance composites might prefer to make parts for a variety of applications from reinforced thermoplastics rather than reinforced thermosets. Thermoplastics ...

A team led by aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor Jeff Baur has developed a low-energy, scalable technique that ...