He points out that the latter (for example, polymerization, addition reactions) strongly suggest a resemblance of structure to ethylene, and proposes to replace (I) by a resonance hybrid of (II ...

According to Fors, the corresponding author, it's also remarkable chemistry that initiates two polymerization processes from one ... retains a double bond that is needed to make the second, in a ...

After several years of lab-testing ideas for orbital manufacturing technology, the US Department of Defense's research arm ...

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A Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spilled chemicals, sickening residents. Now researchers are tracking the long-term health effects.

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The introductory slide from the home page, reproduced below, indicates that Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization (CRP ... a decrease in [P*], which may result from termination reactions ...

For example, metal and alloys like titanium are commonly ... Step-growth polymerization involves the addition of a single monomer per reaction while chain-polymerization allows the addition of another ...

Hebei Provincial Key Lab of Green Chemical Technology and High Efficient Energy Saving, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China. Ionic liquids, due to their strong dissolving capacity, ...

Polyisocyanides are polymers distinguished by their helical structures, where the helix's winding direction (right- or left-handed) can be controlled through catalysts designed for synthesizing ...