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 ...

Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a threat when consumed by humans and aquatic life. Sugar-derived polymers from plants remove these metals but often require other substances to adjust their ...

Blood‐compatible polymers are central to the advancement of biomedical materials, particularly in the design of implants and medical devices that interface with blood. Their performance is largely ...

It is well documented that vibrational spectroscopy is an effective tool for polymer characterization. 1,2 Raman and infrared spectroscopy are methods that complement one another and deliver a ...

(Nanowerk News) Clean drinking water is a basic demand for our health and wellbeing. However, as the global population grows, achieving this for all communities worldwide becomes more challenging. Now ...

For Frank Leibfarth, focussing on reactivity and selectivity helps him bridge the gap between fundamental and applied ...

A peptide sensor to detect water-soluble polymers in wastewater, a major contributor to pollution on par with microplastics, has been developed. The new technique takes advantage of the bonding that ...

“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” As populations increase, finding new, more effective ways to purify existing water sources is becoming more important and innovation with ...

Some polymers react to their environment with conformational changes: one of these is the polymer PNIPAM, short for poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). It ...

In Cassandra Callmann and her team’s proof-of-concept, the sticky materials removed heavy metals including cadmium and lead. Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a threat when consumed by humans ...

A research team of a German-Japanese University Network, HeKKSaGOn, takes inspiration from nature, creating a polymer that selectively removes toxic heavy metal ions from water Osaka, Japan – Clean ...