Cyclopropene monomers (shown here in ring-opened form with various substituents R 1 -R 4) can be precisely placed at various locations along a polymer. Each block in the polymer can consist of ...

Moving closer to this goal, Junpeng Wang and colleagues at the University of Akron developed a polymer that scientists can break down into monomers and then put back together to reuse (Nat. Chem ...

Typically, polymers assemble themselves into long one-dimensional chains, where multiple copies of the same molecular subunit, or monomer, links into a chain many times in what is often referred ...

Supramolecular polymers (SPs) are expected to be used as highly recyclable polymer materials. However, their application is hindered by the low solubility of monomer compounds associated with the ...

Polymer enables tougher recyclable thermoplastics Date: August 16, 2021 Source: Cornell University Summary: Researchers took a middling monomer and, by using a special catalyst, they created a ...