Plastics are ubiquitous in modern economies, yet they come with a high environmental cost. As the UN debates how to manage their impacts, this report looks at the factors shaping the industry ...

Chemists in China and the US have discovered catalysts enabling light-driven reactions that can break down fluorine-containing chemicals that are attracting concern as pollutants. Two research groups ...

A simple chemical bond between carbon and fluorine atoms changed the world — for the better, and then for the worse. Such bonds lie at the heart of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a ...

Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 Four Integrated Engineering Program), College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The separation of lignocellulose into lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose without significantly altering the chemical structures of these ...

Major retailers are failing to protect consumers from hazardous chemicals and plastics in the products they sell, according to the 2024 Retailer Report Card released Thursday by Toxic Free Future ...

2021). In both phases, the chemical potential of all considered Fe-doped nanotubes decreases by about 0.5 eV compared to their pristine nanotubes, except for (5,5) FeBNNT in the gas phase, which is ...