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 ...

SAME technology offers seamless surface modification during the manufacturing process, providing a robust, built-in surface chemistry. SAME technology can be applied to virtually any polymer, making ...

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 ...

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.

Expected Outcome and Results The Coordinated Research Project is expected to enhance capabilities of Member States in the application of radiation techniques (radiation-induced reactions for polymer ...

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 ...