Sentences with phrase «first synthetic polymers»

Intrigued, Vezzosi tried out the recipes and ended up with a compound resembling Bakelite, one of the first synthetic polymers, which was widely used in the early 1900s.

Not exact matches

The world's first synthetic tree consists of nothing more than a super-skinny tube (the «trunk») connecting two networks of microcapillaries (one forms the «roots» and the other the «leaves») embedded in a porous polymer.

First, he would create a frame from biodegradable, synthetic polymers, which are essentially plastics.

Hers is not the first synthetic material tested in this way, but it is the the first polymer that conducts electricity, which, Schmidt says «has a beneficial effect on the nerves.»

Normally, novel synthetic pathways are first developed for small molecules — which are often easier to conceive — and later transposed to polymers, i.e. «big molecules.»

The first two recipes I'm going to share with you are alternatives to the synthetic polymers mentioned by Dr. Helmenstine.