The intricate shapes of snowflakes have long fascinated scientists, but water isn’t the only fluid that freezes into elaborate crystal structures. Polymers and metal alloys do the same. Now, ...

Branching is a critical structural parameter of many synthetic and natural polymers, drastically affecting their properties. The properties impacted by branching comprise numerous mechanical ...

The formation of branched products during polymer synthesis was historically viewed as an unwanted but unavoidable side reaction. More recently, highly branched molecules have been found to exhibit ...

Polymers are extensively used throughout industry, whether as naturally occurring materials like starch and cellulose, or synthetic commodities like nylon, polystyrene and polyethylene. Polymer ...

It is well known that the presence of long chain branching (LCB) in a polymer has a large impact on its viscoelastic properties and can affect significantly the processability of the filled rubber ...