Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains ... serve as reactive sites for modification. Notably, the double bonds between carbons increase the chances for chemical reactions that enable ...

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Polymers such as polyurea are widely used ... “We were surprised that such minor chemical modifications allowed us to produce the desired continuous set of polyurea grades between rubbery ...

Meet three scientists contributing to innovations in natural polymers, obtained from renewable feedstocks using chemical and biotechnological ... showcasing examples for modification of ...

Researchers unveiled a super-strong nanoscale material made from the first two-dimensional mechanically interlocked polymers ... material contains 100 trillion chemical bonds per square centimeter ...

Trainees with background in these areas fit at different stages of biomaterial development pipeline: from chemical synthesis and modification (polymer chemistry) to unravelling physicochemical ...

His current research interests are synthetic elastic polymers for energy-related applications ... are in macromolecular chemistry and nanotechnology focusing on the chemical modification of natural ...

The polymer backbone contains molecular building blocks with functional groups, which serve as reactive sites for modification. Double bonds between carbon atoms are particularly significant, as they ...