Acrylic polymers such as poly (methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all-carbon backbones that give these ...

Researchers at MSU found that H₃⁺ can form in unexpected ways. They studied molecules hit by high-energy light.

Vinyl chloride is a man-made, colorless gas that burns easily and is used to make polyvinyl chloride, a hard plastic.