Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...

The possibilities for material design and production of plastic components are being expanded through 3D printing technology. However, there is a shortage of recyclable polymers that meet the ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

This type of reaction is a very important ... leads to the formation of syndiotactic polymers — macromolecules with an alternating sequence of monomer units of opposite stereoconfiguration ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

a field that is focused on radical-based bond exchange reactions. "Everyday plastics are large molecules called polymers, comprised of repeat units, or 'monomers,'" Katsumata explained.

Our general research thrust is the investigation of the formation, structure and properties of crosslinked polymeric materials, particularly those formed from photopolymerization reactions ...

Monomer and polymer designs are essential to produce various biomaterials, although there are some size limitations in actual use (Figure 1). Copolymers with hydrophobic polymers form nano-sized ...

This reaction created mechanical bonds within the crystals. The final product is 2D layers of interlocked polymer sheets made of these bonds between X-shaped monomers, whose gaps researchers ...

This is often called the ‘nylon rope experiment’ because nylon continues to form until one of the monomers is used up ... with a choking smell, so the reaction should be carried out in ...