Polymers – Page 6
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ArticleSustainability applies to all polymers, not just plastics
How the RSC’s task force on polymers in liquid formulations is making progress
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ResearchExclusive polymers made using mechanochemistry
Ball-milling method avoids solubility issues with ring-opening metathesis polymerisations
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ArticleA paradigm shift in the development of environmentally sustainable consumer packaged goods
Simulation technologies can shortcut the design process for new materials
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ArticleCharacterisation and process optimisation of recycled resins for the polymer industry
Thermal and rheological analysis ensure that plastics maintain their performance
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ArticleHow analytical chemistry is enabling efficient polymer recycling
Waters technologies are helping its customers to make the shift to sustainable plastic use
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ArticleDriving environmental sustainability across the polymer supply chain with a digital chemistry strategy
From synthesis to formulation, manufacturing, recycling and reprocessing, computational modelling supports every part of process
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ResearchCarbon dots help sniff out nanoplastics in the air
Electronic sensor developed that can detect airborne nanoplastics, including their types, amounts, and sizes
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ResearchElectrons become chiral reagent in polymer synthesis
Chiral polymer made from completely achiral chemicals using only electrons’ angular momentum
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BusinessChemours sues over US PFAS safety limit
Fluoropolymer maker appeals new safety standard for GenX, calling it ‘scientifically unsound’
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ArticleAiding material formulation QC with a modern flexible LC platform
Learn how Waters latest HPLC platform can help modernise materials formulation QC testing regimes
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ResearchWater works as a monomer in polymer synthesis
Water monomers form direct linkages in polymer backbones when used to synthesise polyethersulfones
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ResearchSpider webs record severity of microplastic pollution in cities
Plastic content found to make up as much as a tenth of a web’s total weight
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BusinessDSM and Firmenich to merge
Flavour and fragrance-focused Firmenich complements DSM’s transition away from traditional chemicals
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BusinessSix dead in explosion at Slovenian chemicals plant
Five others injured at Melamin plant in Kocevje
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BusinessFormer Coca-Cola chemist imprisoned for trade secret theft
14-year sentence for Xiaorong You, who stole secrets related to BPA-free can linings from major chemical and coating firms
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WebinarFingerprinting recycled thermoplastic resins for process optimisation
Learn how to investigate feedstock quality, fingerprint recycled thermoplastic resins and streamline your process using thermal analysis and rheology
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OpinionBringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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NewsScientists call for global cap on plastic production
The upcoming UN treaty to end plastic pollution will require capping and then phasing out virgin plastic production by 2040, researchers argue
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ResearchDiscovery of microplastics in people raises difficult questions about health implications
Scientists keep finding tiny polymer particles in lungs, blood and placentas – but what does that mean means for people’s health?
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ResearchAll-organic polymer dielectrics designed to withstand extreme conditions
A mix of freely rotatable structural groups along a polymer backbone featuring rigid and flexible moieties defines a new class of all-organic flexible polymers with high electric and thermal stability