Porous carbon materials with good microwave absorption properties were prepared by Friedel-Crafts reaction and high-temperature carbonization using inexpensive coal tar pitch as carbon source. Porous ...

A comb-like crosslinked polymer-polyoxometalate (POM) nanocomposite, integrating poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) scaffolds with superacidic phosphotungstic acid ...

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A polymer, functionalized carbon fibers and a crosslinker are mixed and cured. The components can be retrieved by addition of an alcohol, pinacol. Source | Philip Gray and Anisur Rahman/ORNL, U.S.

A team of scientists has got a step closer to making several different types of plastic much easier to recycle, using a method that could be applied to a whole range of difficult-to-recycle polymers, ...

The rational development of polymeric structures requires a deep understanding at both molecular and macroscopic scales. Several methods are used to analyze the structure of polymers, such as ...