Especially over the last 50 years, plastics have saturated our world and changed the way that we live. The first synthetic polymer was invented in 1869 by John Wesley Hyatt, who was inspired …

The concept of polymers is one of the great ideas of the 20th century. It emerged in the 1920s amid prolonged controversy and its acceptance is closely associated with the name of H. …

Polymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are fundamental to biological structure and function. Polymers, both …

itive structural units. Large-size chains are formed from the covalent union of va. ious monomer units [1]. A single-polymer molecule may consist of hundreds to a million monomers and may …

2014年12月15日 · This article presents the early history of synthetic polymers and biological macromolecules up to 1960. Important milestones on polymer synthesis and characterization …

The paper provides an overview of polymers, categorizing them into thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, and natural polymers. It discusses their structures, classifications, properties, and …

2024年6月10日 · Today, polymers find applications in nearly every sector including medicine, construction, automotive, and more. This comprehensive overview delves into the history of …

2020年4月14日 · Mike Sutton unravels Hermann Staudinger’s long hunt to understand macromolecules, which began 100 years ago. Beginners in chemistry soon discover that there …

Hermann Staudinger’s pioneering theories on the polymer structures of fibers and plastics and his later research on biological macromolecules formed the basis for countless modern …

Natural polymers began to be chemically modified during the 1800s to produce many materials. The most famous of these were vulcanized rubber, gun cotton, and celluloid. The first semi …