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

Image Credit: Vink Fan/Shutterstock.com Polymer Modification Techniques Blending, grafting, curing, and functionalization are all techniques to modify the characteristics of a polymer. Blending is the ...

Increasing Polymer Demand and the Ability to Replace Alternative Methods of Polymer Modifications is Estimated to Drive the Global Masterbatch Market to $14 Billion by 2024: IndustryARC ...

The resulting polymer, comprising diethyl isopropenylphosphonate, propylene, and methyl acrylate units, features a unique composition that is challenging to achieve using standard radical ...

Polymer modification application is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2017 to 2025 due to increased demand for modified polymers and golf balls ...

So, rather than starting from scratch with an alternative polymer, Frey used a careful modification of the existing PEG polymer to break up these repeating units and outwit the immune system.

The team did run into some challenges; synthetic polymer modifications often fail because the reactions were originally developed for small-molecule analogs, not big-molecule analogs such as pure PVC.

Various molecular weights and concentrations were explored in concrete samples containing polymer modifications. Results indicate that biomimetic antifreeze polymers do not significantly affect the ...