New research shows that cell size and membranes may play a key role in regulating the distribution of molecules inside cells. This discovery offers a new unconventional method for manipulating ...

Molecules that act as connected wheels can hold long molecular chains together to modify the properties of soft polymers. Molecules that act as connected wheels can hold long molecular chains together ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Industry has long relied upon energy-intensive processes, such as distillation and crystallization, to separate molecules that ultimately serve as ingredients in medicine, chemicals ...

Plastics are among the most successful materials of modern times. However, they also create a huge waste problem. Scientists produced different polymers from lipoic acid, a natural molecule. These ...

Figure 1. Single-molecule junctions composed of the STM tip and a polymer. The study of single-molecule devices using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) involves creating a junction (electrical ...

When chemists think about polymerization, they typically envision a wormlike polymer growing smoothly and continuously from a catalyst. But the actual view of how polymer growth unfolds has remained ...

Figure 1. (a) Directed platinum (Pt) deposition and hydrogen evolution reaction on a graphitic carbon nitride/1,3,6,8-tetrakis(di(p-pyridin-4-phenyl)amino)pyrene (CN/TAPyr) heterojunction. (b) ...

There are, however, several major differences between magnetic bead technologies and other conventional biotech techniques that can pose some challenges for new users. Even though many stages of ...

Researchers have developed a molecule that, when added to a polymer, increases the material’s durability by making it more like metal in terms of its ability to withstand temperature fluctuations.