A home construction project has people in Fairfax County talking — and leaders reexamining building rules. A three-story addition going up in the Greenbriar neighborhood towers over most of the ...

Obviously, the most common method for synthesizing polymers with a carbon-carbon main chain backbone is vinyl polymerization, by which many industrially important polymers, including common plastics ...

Anionic polymerizations of methacrylates are controlled processes that give well-defined materials; however, these polymerizations require reactive and pyrophoric organolithium reagents for initiation ...

Understanding the microscopic catalytic mechanism of the olefin polymerization reaction is crucial for the rational design of next-generation catalysts. However, the dynamic nature of the active ...

Abstract: Epoxy-imidazole thermosetting resins undergo a complex reaction mechanism when heated, involving two simultaneous processes: exothermic addition polymerization and endothermic reactions, ...

Polyisocyanides are polymers distinguished by their helical structures, where the helix's winding direction (right- or left-handed) can be controlled through catalysts designed for synthesizing chiral ...

Researchers at Cornell University have devised a new single-molecule microscopy method for studying polymers as they grow (Nat Chem. 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01363-2). “We see every monomer,” says ...

ABSTRACT: Polymer science encompasses a different range of materials critical to industries spanning from packaging to biomedicine. Understanding the synthesis, characterization, and applications of ...