Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

Polymers are extensively used throughout industry, whether as naturally occurring materials like starch and cellulose, or synthetic commodities like nylon, polystyrene and polyethylene. Polymer ...

It is well known that the presence of long chain branching (LCB) in a polymer has a large impact on its viscoelastic properties and can affect significantly the processability of the filled rubber ...

The Mark–Houwink plot can be used to study polymer structure in solution as it clearly shows the relationship between structure and molecular weight (MW), with excellent sensitivity. The molecular ...