Plastic waste is a growing environmental crisis, with thermosets among the most problematic materials. These durable plastics, used in car tires, replacement hip joints, and aerospace coatings, resist ...

Researchers have created a recyclable, bio-based alternative to thermoset plastics using dihydrofuran (DHF). Cornell ...

Researchers at Cornell University create a novel thermoset using dihydrofuran, enabling chemical recycling and natural ...

Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

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

Ultra-Strong Plastic Polymers When studying ultra-resistant materials, the conversation often veers toward hard metals, from ordinary iron to more exotic titanium, tungsten, or rhenium (follow the ...

A new theoretical approach is proposed to explain the nature of the well-known narrow and intense optical J-band of ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking new material inspired by chainmail, and it could change the future of armor. A research team led by Northwestern University has developed the first-ever ...

The middle reaches of the Yangtze River are characterized by diverse fish species and a critical habitat for aquatic life, this study seeks to assess the effects of the fishing ban on fish diversity, ...

The first-ever 2D polymer with mechanically interlocked bonds developed in the US shows high flexibility and strength.

“In our paper, there are new rings formed at each repeat unit of the 2D structure, which are 40 ... developed a novel process using X-shaped monomers as building blocks and arranging them ...

They started with X-shaped monomers -- which are the building blocks of polymers -- and arranged them into a specific, highly ordered crystalline structure. Then, they reacted these crystals with ...