Solutions of 1,6-hexanediamine and sebacoyl chloride are poured carefully into the same container. Nylon polymer forms at the interface of the two layers and can be pulled continuously from the ...

Polymers were little-understood molecules when Carothers began his work. He made major contributions to the understanding of their structure and of polymerization, how these long chain molecules form.

The KAUST research team has now discovered that nylon, a polymer commonly found in clothing ... chemical properties and ...

By using leaf skeletons as templates, researchers harnessed nature's intrinsic hierarchical fractal structures to improve the ...

According to research by KAUST scientists, nylon, a polymer commonly found in clothing ... We did an intensive study of the chemical properties and modified the solvation structure and interactions.