Monodisperse polyethylene glycol (PEG) represents a class of polymers with uniform chain lengths that have become essential in both synthetic chemistry and biomedicine. Recent advances in synthetic ...
The latest short science news items from C&EN. “This is a breakthrough in the synthesis of ethylene glycol,” says Eric Doris, who studies carbon nanomaterials and catalysis at CEA Paris-Saclay, a part ...
Researchers take an important step towards the production of fully biobased, rigid polyesters. They present a simple, yet innovative, synthesis strategy to overcome the inherently low reactivity of ...