The Purdue researchers found that heating a mix of epoxidized oil, malic acid, and tannic acid yielded a sticky goo that bonded plastic, metal, and wood as tightly as, if not more tightly than, ...

Polymer synthesis, also called polymerization, is the process by which monomers (small molecules) are covalently bonded to form a (usually long) polymer chain or network. Covalent organic ...