Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) is a semicrystalline polymer renowned for its ability to form nanoporous crystalline phases that serve as molecular sieves. The unique porous architecture allows sPS to ...

This is a polystyrene polymer molecule from a computer simulation conducted in a preliminary phase of this research. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

The polystyrene producers AmSty, Ineos, and Trinseo say they will jointly explore ways of recycling polystyrene, in part by sharing research already underway in-house. Polystyrene is suited to a range ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Until today, it was thought that polystyrene would pollute the environment ...

One hundred years ago, in 1920, the German chemist Hermann Staudinger published his classic paper entitled "Über Polymerisation" ("On Polymerization"). In that paper, he proposed a chain structure for ...

The use of plastics materials has increased dramatically throughout the world over the past 50 years, and now stands at roughly 100 billion pounds. Commercial plastics are known as resins in North ...