Incorporating recognition elements within the nanopores of membranes has implications in a variety of applications 1,2,3,4,5. The ability to incorporate chemical functionalities inside the nanopores ...

New research shows that cell size and membranes may play a key role in regulating the distribution of molecules inside cells. This discovery offers a new unconventional method for manipulating ...

Modern polymer materials face a fundamental challenge: they must remain strong and durable during use, yet ideally degrade ...

When chemists think about polymerization, they typically envision a wormlike polymer growing smoothly and continuously from a catalyst. But the actual view of how polymer growth unfolds has remained ...

An AIST research team has developed a certified reference material (CRM) with a single degree of polymerization without distribution of molecular weight, even though it is an artificially manufactured ...

Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is a type of molecular sieving chromatography, where a sample is separated into its constituent parts based on their molecular sizes. This is accomplished by ...

Precise measurement of the molecular weight of a polymer is historically based on the standards of the same polymer. However, with the development of advanced detection technologies like intrinsic ...

Plastics are among the most successful materials of modern times. However, they also create a huge waste problem. Scientists produced different polymers from lipoic acid, a natural molecule. These ...

It is not easy to follow the interactions of large molecules with water in real time. But this can be easier to hear than to see. This is how an international team deciphered the role of water in the ...

Scientists paired up photovoltaic polymers that produce two units of electricity per unit of light instead of the usual one on a single molecular polymer chain. Having the two charges on the same ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Crazy bands are cool because no matter how long they've been stretched around a kid's wrist, they always return to their original shape, be it a lion or a kangaroo. Now a Duke and ...