Antimicrobial cationic polymers mainly contain two functional components: the cationic groups and the hydrophobic groups. The antimicrobial activity is influenced by the type, amount, location and ...

For more than two decades, the Ihara research group has been focusing on the development of new methods for polymer syntheses ...

CPL-active polymeric materials are superior in terms of scalability, flexibility, 3D stacking ability, and film-forming properties. CPL can be produced directly using chiral luminescent materials, ...

The structure of semi-crystalline polymers largely depends on how strongly their molecular chains are entangled. Following numerous experiments, researchers developed a new model to predict the ...

The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES), and the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials ...

The novel homogeneous polymer gel created by University of Tokyo researchers has a more ordered structure than these type of materials typically have. (Image source: University of Tokyo) Polymer-based ...

Polymers, large molecules made up of repeating smaller molecules called monomers, are found in nearly everything we use in our day-to-day lives. Polymers can be natural or created synthetically.