The degradation rates of the polymers used in many medical devices are a function of both morphology and time. In the following exchange, Dennis Jamiolkowski, Distinguished Research Fellow at Ethicon ...

Biodegradable polymers constitute a class of materials engineered to undergo chemical and biological breakdown under environmental or physiological conditions, offering an alternative to persistent ...

Think of a metal with paint on it, like an automobile or a pipeline carrying natural gas. The paint or polymer coating protects the metal underneath from degrading. Although the coating should ideally ...

Anhydride additive speeds up polylactic acid breakdown and could make it possible to compost the plastic at home ...

Abby Rolston became aware of the amount of plastic waste that’s thrown away each day while working as a veterinary assistant. Today her research is focused on the degradation of blended polymers ...

Researchers at Ehime University developed a molecular design strategy that imparts degradability to carbon–carbon backbone ...

An illustration of one of Grove Biopharma’s protein-like polymers in sky blue and bright yellow. These protein-like polymers may help target intractable cancer-causing proteins. Credit: Saeed Najafi, ...

The review finds that biodegradable plastics could help reduce persistent plastic pollution, but only if paired with lower ...