In this article, we embark on a fascinating journey through the field of polymer degradation, unraveling the intricate processes behind their breakdown, the factors that influence this degradation, ...

An Ehime University research team directed by H. Shimomoto and E. Ihara has developed a new molecular design strategy that ...

Biodegradable polymers constitute a class of materials engineered to undergo chemical and biological breakdown under environmental or physiological conditions, offering an alternative to persistent ...

The degradation rates of the polymers used in many medical devices are a function of both morphology and time. In the following exchange, Dennis Jamiolkowski, Distinguished Research Fellow at Ethicon ...

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based strategy to predict and assess ...

A partly decomposed shoe, covered in mussels, on a sunny pier. Algenesis submerged shoes made with its biodegradable polyurethane foam in the Pacific Ocean to demonstrate their decomposition. Credit: ...

A systematic review of published scientific literature conducted by HYDRA Marine Sciences finds that in the presence of water or humidity, the bioplastic polylactic acid (PLA) will fully hydrolyze, ...

An illustration of one of Grove Biopharma’s protein-like polymers in sky blue and bright yellow. These protein-like polymers may help target intractable cancer-causing proteins. Credit: Saeed Najafi, ...

Abby Rolston became aware of the amount of plastic waste that’s thrown away each day while working as a veterinary assistant. Today her research is focused on the degradation of blended polymers ...