New polymer design breaks the tradeoff between toughness and recyclability Date: October 9, 2024 Source: Osaka University Summary: Researchers have created a high-performance polymer that can be ...

Since both the monomer and polymer have comparable bond-energies, the polymerization reaction should be reversible. Reversing the reaction at 50°C while still using the same catalyst resulted in ...

Moving closer to this goal, Junpeng Wang and colleagues at the University of Akron developed a polymer that scientists can break down into monomers and then put back together to reuse (Nat. Chem ...

Lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope - the cell membrane. In addition to their structural function, some lipids also play a regulatory role and decisively influence cell growth.