ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that ...

But with recent technological developments, plastic film notes offer additional security features along with longevity and energy efficiency.­ Polymer banknotes were first issued in 1988 by Australia, ...

To upcycle the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory invented a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting ...