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Chemistry World March 21, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Forcing a Reaction US chemists have forced molecules to react by ripping their bonds apart with ultrasound. The scientists carefully stretched one targeted bond until it snapped, guiding the molecule's subsequent reaction into pathways forbidden by conventional chemistry.  |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Tim Wogan |
New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers.  |
Chemistry World March 8, 2009 Nina Notman |
Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres  |
Chemistry World September 13, 2013 Polly Wilson |
Polymer regenerates all by itself Self-healing polymers that can spontaneously achieve quantitative healing in the absence of a catalyst have never been reported before, until now.  |
Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jon Cartwright |
Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength.  |
Chemistry World May 7, 2014 Charlie Quigg |
Shining a light on polymer welding Chinese chemists have created an epoxy that can be rapidly hardened and reshaped by shining a light on it.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.  |
Chemistry World February 20, 2008 Michael Gross |
Rubber That Heals Itself Chemists in France have made a new, rubber-like material that can be repaired simply by pressing cut or broken pieces together at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Derek Lowe |
Name reactions: how does the label stick? Some of these names go back to the 19th century, and many more of them come from the first decades of the 20th. Once in a while, I wonder if the tradition is dying out. Are we still naming chemical reactions after their discoverers?  |