Modern polymer materials face a fundamental challenge: they must remain strong and durable during use, yet ideally degrade ...

Understanding polymer degradation is critical for numerous applications—to uphold and extend polymer lifespan, deliberately design materials that degrade over time for purposes like medical implants ...

A crucial stage in the research and development (R&D) process is understanding how and why materials degrade and ultimately falter. Polymers often fail in short timescales compared to the lifespan of ...

Polyphenols are generally toxic to microorganisms. In peatlands, scientists thought microorganisms avoided this toxicity by degrading polyphenols using an oxygen-dependent enzyme, and thus that ...