Radical polymers consist of a repeating polymer sub-unit backbone with side group ‘pendant’ organic radicals - compounds with an unpaired electron, but stabilized by their shape. These side ...

Quantum-mechanical considerations, however, limit the extent to which an excited electron can delocalize along the polymer backbone. Indeed, studies using oligomers with a well-defined number of ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

Instead of linear polymer strands, Cai's structure resembles a bottlebrush—many flexible side chains radiating out from a central backbone. Critically, the backbone can collapse and expand like ...

Grove Biopharma has raised a $30 million series A round to develop Bionic Biologics, also known as protein-like polymers (PLP ...

including the relationship between the membrane’s polymer backbone, ion content, and water uptake. Prof. Hickner will also describe the role of water in conducting protons and hydroxide anions and ...

This step is crucial because it sets the stage for the subsequent backbone rearrangement. This chemical reaction reorganizes the polymer backbone, breaking down the rubber into soluble amine ...

Zhukhovitskiy, who is the senior author of the study. The researchers introduce a sulfur diimide reagent that enables the installation of amine groups at specific locations in the polymer chains. This ...