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Researchers discover an alternative to PEG

rPEG as a new type of Poly(ethylene glycol): random chains offer multiple advantages for medical application

28-Jun-2024 - Researchers have discovered a highly promising replacement for polyethylene glycols (or PEGs), which are considered almost indispensable in the pharmaceutical and medical fields. The new substance class called rPEG offers all the advantages of PEGs, while avoiding their drawbacks and has the ...

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Decisive breakthrough for battery production: Foundations for sustainable battery technology developed

Storing and utilising energy with innovative sulphur-based cathodes

26-Apr-2024 - Electric vehicles and portable electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries. The problem: highly toxic materials such as cobalt are often used for the cathodes of these batteries, which jeopardise the environment and the health of people in ...

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Diapers reloaded: 200 times faster recycling with light - Recycled plastic molecules can be used in many ways

Water and UV radiation dissolve crosslinked polymers of diaper inserts quickly, energy-efficiently and without chemicals

05-Oct-2023 - More than 100,000 tons of disposable diapers are thrown away in Germany every year. This means that huge quantities of valuable raw materials end up in the trash, including the absorbent pads. Their core consists of special polymers called superabsorbents. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute ...

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Multicyclic molecular wheels with polymer potential

Molecules that act as connected wheels can hold long molecular chains together to modify the properties of soft polymers

08-Aug-2023 - Rotaxanes are interlocked molecular structures with a linear ‘axle’ molecule penetrating one or more cyclic ‘wheel’ molecules. Bulky groups at the end of the axle prevent the wheels from coming off. Now, researchers at Hokkaido University have taken the previous achievements of this technology a ...

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Intelligent rubber materials

The vision: materials that respond to active triggers

19-Jul-2023 - Wearable medical devices, such as the soft exoskeletons that provide support for stroke patients or controlled drug delivery patches, have to be made of materials that can adapt intelligently and autonomously to the wearer's movements and to changing environmental conditions. These are precisely ...

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Chemists develop method to sustainably remove hazardous substances from water

New progress in the fight against PFAS

27-Jun-2023 - PFAS - per- and polyfluorinated chemicals - are true all-rounders. The grease-, water- and dirt-repellent chemicals occur in thousands of varieties, for example in cookware, functional clothing, cosmetics and as fire extinguishing agents. Unfortunately, they are also a massive problem for the ...

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HZB and University of Jena found Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications

Developing internationally competitive energy materials

22-Jun-2023 - Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy, HZB) are jointly founding the "Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications" (HIPOLE) on 1 July 2023. The aim of HIPOLE is to develop sustainable polymer materials for energy ...

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Making stresses in plastics and components visible

Research team led by TU Chemnitz develops dyes that continuously indicate stresses and their strength in plastics and components by changing colour

05-Aug-2021 - A research team led by Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer, holder of the Professorship of Polymer Chemistry at Chemnitz University of Technology, and PD Dr. Michael Walter, project leader at the Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS) at Albert Ludwig ...

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Ultraheavy precision polymers

Controlled photoenzymatic RAFT polymerization of nonconjugated polymers

30-Oct-2020 - An environmentally friendly and sustainable synthesis of "heavyweight" polymers with very narrow molecular weight distributions is an important concept in modern polymer chemistry. Thanks to a new photoenzymatic process, Chinese researchers have been able to increase the range of possible ...

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Evonik wants to make green hydrogen more affordable

Polymer chemistry is the key to efficient electrolysis

19-Jun-2020 - Green hydrogen is a beacon of hope in the energy transition, both as a carbon-free fuel for industry and transportation, and as a key raw material for the chemical industry. Green hydrogen is produced from water by electrolysis using electricity generated from renewable resources. It is still ...

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