Even though many industrial plastics are recyclable, a significant proportion of the plastic waste is not recycled because of the energy demand and cost associated with the process. Chemically ...

(Left) Closed-loop recycling process of the newly synthesized raw material (monomer).(Right) Selective raw materials recovery from mixed plastic waste. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and ...

Over the past 40 years, electroactive polymers have found their way into electronics such as transistors, batteries, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells. Built from conjugated building blocks, ...