New Polymer Tech Will Make Reusable Nitrile Gloves Tougher

A research team at Georgia Tech has built what it calls the first generative AI system purpose-built for polymer design, and the models have already produced a new dielectric material that held up ... Polymer, any of a class of natural or synthetic substances composed of very large molecules that are multiples of simpler chemical units. Polymers make up many of the materials in living organisms, and they constitute the basis of certain minerals and human-made materials, such as paper and plastics. The International Journal for the Science and Technology of Polymers is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing innovative and significant advances in Polymer Physics, Chemistry, and Technology. We welcome submissions on polymer chemistry, polymer physics, polymer hybrids, nanocomposites, characterisation and self-assembly. In this lesson, we will introduce the structure, history of development, and properties of polymers. The roots of the word polymer are actually very descriptive of a polymer. The root ‘mer’ means unit, and poly means many. Taken together, the word polymer can be deconstructed as many units. Typically, ‘mer’ is referred to as a monomer. ‘Mono’, which is the root for one, literally ...