Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

This method uses polymer modifications to tune enzyme activity for increased solubility in non-native solvents. Tuning the miscibility of enzymes in non-native solvent environments has important ...

Polymers are occasionally treated in solutions for end-use in applications (where the polymer is dissolved in a solvent). Examples of this include spinning fibers and coating substrates with spin. The ...

Recent research conducted by the Chemistry Department at the University of Liverpool has achieved a significant milestone in the realm of polymer science. Artistic rendering of a polymer chain ...

New Technology Could Transform Recycling Of Polyethylene And Polypropylen. By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists at the University of Buffalo (USA) have developed an innovative method for recycling flexible ...

Liquid metal droplets fuse themselves into stretchable circuits at room temperature, driven only by surface tension gradients during solvent evaporation.

Polymer precipitation is a crucial process in chemical engineering and is widely applicable to many industries including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and wastewater treatment. In many industries, ...

We are willing to consider all solvents for this program. Currently, methanol, ethanol and acetone are distilled on campus. If your lab generates other solvent waste, contact EH&S to see if they may ...