The impressive physical properties of the most common plastics used today are attributable to the long carbon–carbon chains that make up their molecular backbone (Fig. 1). However, the strong ...

All substances have properties. These describe how a substance looks and behaves. There are two types of properties: physical and chemical. Watch this video about how physical and chemical ...

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human ...

The transport of microplastics is complicated by their physical properties (e.g., shape, size, and density), which can change over time as microplastics biofoul (i.e., facilitate the growth of ...