By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

Polymer synthesis, also called polymerization, is the process by which monomers (small molecules) are covalently bonded to form a (usually long) polymer chain or network. Well-defined vinyl ...

Multicomponent polymer synthesis and functionalization is an innovative area of polymer chemistry that focuses on creating complex polymer structures through the combination of multiple reactants ...

Graduate students in Polymer chemistry take a one-year course sequence in polymer synthesis, characterization, and techniques in the field of polymer science. Additionally, Ph.D. students take ...

In this study, published in the journal Small, researchers successfully demonstrated the bottom-up synthesis of colloidal ...

Upcycling may help remedy the roughly 450 million tons of plastic discarded worldwide annually, of which only nine per cent ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

monomer and polymer synthesis, and experimental characterization. The group is currently composed of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, with various interdisciplinary collaborations with ...

The synthesis of poly[(methyl methacrylate-co-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-b-isobutylene-b-(methyl methacrylate-co-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)] P(MMA-co-HEMA)-b-PIB-b-P(MMA-co-HEMA) triblock copolymers ...