Polymers – Page 22

Research
Single polymer pill could deliver entire drug course in one go

2015-07-27T00:00:00Z

Flexible elastomer ring springs open to stay in stomach and could slowly release drugs over days
Research
Leather gets a new perfume

2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

Scientists in India have developed a way of infusing leather with lemongrass oil
Research
Energy devices go wireless

2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Self-healing polymer fuses energy modules together
Research
Fog-free film doesn’t dare to glare

2015-07-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a new order in optical device design
Research
Ultra-thin membranes for solute separation

2015-06-18T00:00:00Z

Polyamide filters just a few nanometres thick could help cut energy bills in chemical plants
Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – June 2015

2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

What makes food sweet? How do we protect against food alteration? New e-paper, and possible treatment for ebola
Research
Star creation for plant medication

2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Polymeric nanocarriers branch out and bear fruit
News
UN sets its sights on marine microplastics

2015-05-15T00:00:00Z

Scale of the problem means no simple solutions exist to tackle plastic particles already in the world’s oceans
Research
Polymers curl up and take control

2015-05-08T00:00:00Z

Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
Research
Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework

2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hybrid metal–organic frameworks could be engineered with a whole set of new properties
Research
Plant-inspired plastics take shape

2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Polymer that responds to multiple stimuli could bring shape-shifting plastics a step closer
Research
Plastic waste entering world's oceans set to double in 10 years

2015-02-12T00:00:00Z

Model finds 8 million tonnes of plastic rubbish makes its way into seas every year and much of it remains unaccounted
News
Europe mulls laws to tackle microplastic scourge

2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Move follows call by five EU states to ban microplastics in consumer care products
Research
Plastic bottles recycled into cigarette filters

2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

Put that in your pipe and smoke it
Research
Spinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line

2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

Light energy channelled into biomedically useful molecules
Research
Swellable polymer sponges up CO₂

2014-08-11T00:00:00Z

‘Knitted benzene’ polymer network outperforms commercial carbon dioxide sorbents under harsh conditions
Research
Plant plastics reach for the stars

2014-07-28T00:00:00Z

Star-shaped additives transform rice starch into a useful transparent plastic
Research
Polymer changes colour in the heat of the moment

2014-07-22T00:00:00Z

Stabilising thermochromic polymers with peptides significantly increases their responsiveness
Research
Ben Zhong Tang: Polymers for a bright future

2014-06-23T00:00:00Z

Ben Zhong Tang talks to Katie Bayliss about alkyne polymers and aggregation induced emission
Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - June 2014

2014-06-02T00:00:00Z

We speak to Tom Brown, the 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, and find out why cells spend so much time doing nothing