dm123 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hello. I would like to carry out an investigation on plastics/polymers. My questions are: 1. What are the latest researches chemists doing? 2. Are there researches suitable to be done in a high school laboratory? 3. Where should I look for the relevant information? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammonium nitrate Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 what do you want to find out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 My boyfriend works in polymer chemistry at the moment (I myself am an organic chemist, so not much help). A great place to start looking for what people are doing is on the Science scientific journal website (you can get it on science.com). There's a lot of work currently going into finding biodegradable polymer plastics for use in things like plastic bags, take away cups etc. There's also a lot being done using polymers to formulate some drug delivery systems. Unfortunately, a lot of stuff that polymer chemists do involves working on a nano scale, which involves lots of expensive equipment you wouldn't get in high school. I think the synthesis of nylon is something you can do at a high school level, but that's maybe the extent of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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