Polymers are made by linking together building blocks of monomers into chains. To make polymers elastic, these chains are crosslinked by covalent chemical bonds. The crosslinks connect the polymer ...

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Upcycling may help remedy the ...

A NUMBER of long-chain polymers, when subjected to high-energy radiation such as is provided in the B.E.P.O. pile at Harwell, are found to become cross-linked. Among the polymers which behave in ...

Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can connect through their backbones and cross-linked molecules to form ...