Focus Review Published: 13 May 2015 Polymer Synthesis and Reactions Controlled/living polymerization of renewable vinyl monomers into bio-based polymers Kotaro Satoh Polymer Journal 47, 527–536 ...

Dry Run Ten minutes of processing in a ball mill polymerizes a white monomer (left) into a bright red conducting polymer, poly (2-methoxy-5-2´-ethylhexyloxy phenylene vinylene) (right).

Can be used to recap on polymers and monomers or could lead into a classroom discussion on chemistry in society.

Novel norbornene and [4.2.1.02,5]tricyclononene monomers bearing two hexafluoro-2-propanol substituents are polymerized with tetrafluoroethylene in solution, giving amorphous, largely alternating ...

Polymers composed of different monomers were also made by changing which monomers were coupled to the tRNAs. “We incorporated three distinct ncAAs into ubiquitin, in response to TCG, TCA, and ...

Custom sequences for polymers using visible light Applying a light-controlled catalyst to combine polymer building blocks in complex ways Date: March 22, 2018 Source: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...

With expanding biodiesel and oleochemical industries, glycerol is produced as main co/byproduct. The expansion of glycerol applications is of foremost importance especially selective conversion ...

New method developed to solve plastics sustainability problem Date: August 17, 2021 Source: University of Akron Summary: A research group is developing polymers that can be broken down into their ...

Consolidate students’ understanding of the link between monomers and polymers by setting puzzles in which they have to work out polymer names and structures based on monomer names and structures ...