Celebrity manicurist Julie Kandalec adds, "It's an ingredient commonly found in acrylic liquids, called monomer." The ingredient is harmful for a number of reasons - some of which can lead to ...

Polymer chemists at ETH Zurich have discovered a surprising way to virtually fully break down PMMA plastic – commonly known as Plexiglas – into its monomer building blocks. The process remains ...

Polyurethane (PU)-acrylic hybrid composites were prepared by emulsion polymerization of acrylic monomers in the presence of preformed PU chains containing polymerizable terminal vinyl groups.

The two molecular "building blocks," or monomers, used in the new materials are acrylic acid and a derivative of oligoethylene glycol. The properties of an individual material in the class can be ...

Saudi Acrylic Acid Co., Saudi Acrylic Monomers Co., and Saudi Acrylic Polymers Co. It added that the move is part of its strategy to make efficient use of the SAR 750 million in cash available with ...