Analyses of the obtained copolymers, principally by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time of flight, confirmed the copolymerization, as macrocycles and linear chains were detected.

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 multipurpose plastics. The makeup of polymer chains determines how ...

ORNL’s approach involves rearranging polymeric building blocks to alter the properties of plastics. By combining molecular subunits to form polymer chains and cross-linked structures, this method ...