(Web Desk) - Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that's strong enough to hold up ...

Taking a cue from chemistry that’s common in the pharmaceutical industry, chemists have used chiral anions to control stereochemistry when making poly(vinyl ethers ...

Conventional adhesives typically take advantage of mechanical forces to hold materials together. BondLynx© employs bis-diazirine chemistry to create covalent chemical bonds between polymer chains, ...

QUESTION: How does glue stick? ANSWER: Glue can be prepared from plant-, animal- or oil-based substances. It is thought that the first glues were produced by using liquid from trees and, later, by ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing a new class of medical adhesives by combining hydrogels and glue-like polymers. These adhesives aim to securely and reliably bond ...

Scientists have developed a way to turn cooking oil waste discarded by restaurants into recyclable plastic and a superglue strong enough to tow a car. The new method could be a sustainable way to ...

Researchers from Colorado State University have created an adhesive polymer that is both biodegradable and reusable, and it is stronger than the ones that are currently on the market. The results, ...

Most glues don’t work at super low temperatures, since they become rigid and brittle when frozen. So these chemists made a polymer that stays flexible, even in liquid nitrogen, allowing it to bond to ...

After first exploring the uses of light-activated, adhesive polymers to help reseal blood vessels during vascular surgery, Tissium aims to expand its synthetic platform to a range of indications for ...

Researchers have used a novel method to replicate mussel-adhesive proteins, creating a stronger glue than the material they set out to mimic. Those who have tried to pry a mussel from anything from ...