Researchers at Westlake University have disclosed a two-dimensional (2D) mechanically interlocked polymer (MIP) that mimics ...

A 2D mechanically interlocked polymer mimicking chainmail shows high flexibility and stiffness, offering promise for ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Hydrogels are formed by crosslinking polymer chains — through physical, ionic or covalent interactions — and are well known for their ...

In the late nineteenth century, a German biochemist found the nucleic acids, long-chain polymers of nucleotides ... needed to figure out this molecule's structure to be sure, and to understand ...

When α-CD rings were added, they reduced the chain's flexibility. Imaging the PEG 100k @α-CD polypseudorotaxane showed a ...

By imitating the structure of a protein ... the formation of dimeric complexes between the UPy units of adjacent polymer chains — thus enhancing the ability of the material to recover to ...

The alkanes are a homologous series with a structure based ... forces between the long chains compared with smaller simple molecules. This means that polymers have a higher melting point than ...