Template polymerization is a controlled polymerization method that uses a monomer in the presence of an interactive template polymer to control the rate of synthesis of the polymer structure. 1, 2 ...

To address the growing concern of accumulated non-degradable plastic waste in the oceans, a research group at Cornell University, USA, has developed a novel high-strength synthetic polymer called ...

Taking a cue from chemistry that’s common in the pharmaceutical industry, chemists have used chiral anions to control stereochemistry when making poly(vinyl ethers ...

Recently, this group has shown that the PMMA stereocomplex resulted from the assembly of two isotactic polymer strands, assembled into a double helix, enclosed in one helical syndiotactic strand. “We ...

A new family of "designer" nucleating agents selectively and efficiently nucleates the growth of different crystal structures of isotactic polypropylene, imparting drastically improved physical ...