In the past decade, two-photon polymerization (TPP) based 3D printing has gained popularity for prototype fabrication of micro and nanoscale structures and mechanical metamaterials. However, practical ...

Synthetic polymers play a crucial role in cell biology, serving as delivery vehicles for DNA and drugs, acting as fluorescent probes for cellular sensing, functioning as bioinks for tissue engineering ...

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have improved a popular technology used to generate a range of industrial plastics for applications ranging from paints and coatings ...

Polycaprolactone, better known as PCL, has quietly become one of the most versatile biodegradable polyesters in modern materials science, finding its way into medical implants, drug delivery systems, ...

Researchers at Cornell University have devised a new single-molecule microscopy method for studying polymers as they grow (Nat Chem. 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01363-2). “We see every monomer,” says ...

Researchers have developed an interpenetration-transformation strategy that enables topochemical polymerization in ...

Recently, Sinopec (600028) has been granted a new invention patent, with the patent name being Method for prepolymerization ...

In the study of the origin of life, the polymerization of amino acids into peptides in water faces significant thermodynamic ...