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Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant

The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy.




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LG Polymers says vapour leak caused accident at Vizag plant

LG Polymers India Ltd on Saturday blamed leaking vapour from a storage tank at its Visakhapatnam plant that killed at least 11 people and forced th




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[ASAP] Role of Extracellular Polymeric Substances in Microbial Reduction of Arsenate to Arsenite by <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</italic> and <italic toggle="yes">Bacillus subtilis</italic>

Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01186




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Polymers and composites made incredibly cheaply

Frontal polymerization approach reduces energy use significantly




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DuPont sets new plant for fluoropolymer




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Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%




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Division of Polymer Chemistry seeks nominations for awards




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Polymer strips off-taste from wine

Magnetic property enables easy separation of sorption medium




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Red blood cells catalyze polymerization

Iron from hemoglobin initiates radical reaction




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Easy-to-make polymer stretches, sticks, self-heals

Material’s features attributed to bonds that readily break and re-form




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[ASAP] Neutral Ni(II) Catalysts Based on Maple-Lactone Derived [N,O] Ligands for the Polymerization of Ethylene

Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00061




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[ASAP] Effect of Ancillary Ligands as a Part of Counteranion in Neodymium-Catalyzed Isoprene Polymerization

Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00112




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[ASAP] Heteroleptic ß-Ketoiminate Magnesium Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide

Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00168




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Methylation-triggered fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass to afford cellulose-, hemicellulose-, and lignin-based functional polymers via click chemistry

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00451K, Paper
Kentaro Miki, Hiroshi Kamitakahara, Arata Yoshinaga, Yuki Tobimatsu, Toshiyuki Takano
This paper reports a new concept for the biorefinery of lignocellulosic biomass where the derivatisation and fractionation of lignocellulose are accomplished at the same time.
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Dioxomolybdenum complex as an efficient and cheap catalyst for the reductive depolymerization of plastic waste into value-added compounds and fuels

Green Chem., 2020, 22,2419-2425
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04206G, Paper
Beatriz F. S. Nunes, M. Conceição Oliveira, Ana C. Fernandes
Several types of PCL, PLA, PDO, PET and PBT plastic waste were efficiently converted into value-added compounds and fuels catalyzed by MoO2Cl2(H2O)2.
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Sulfonic acid modified hollow polymer nanospheres with tunable wall-thickness for improving biodiesel synthesis efficiency

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00905A, Paper
Wenliang Song, Yu Zhang, Anuraj Varyambath, Ji Su Kim, Il Kim
Precisely designing the morphology and size of nanostructures is vital in green chemistry as various advanced applications depend upon the shapes and dimensions of the functionalised materials. Herein, we report...
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Scalable synthesis and polymerisation of a β-angelica lactone derived monomer

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00338G, Paper
Open Access
Andrea Dell'Acqua, Bernhard M. Stadler, Sarah Kirchhecker, Sergey Tin, Johannes G. de Vries
A new bio-based norbornene polymer was prepared starting from β-angelica lactone, prepared in a sustainable and scalable manner from the platform chemical levulinic acid. The new material displays transparency comparable to petrochemical-derived polynorbornene.
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Clean synthesis of linear and star amphiphilic poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(ethyl ethylene phosphonate) block copolymers: assessing self-assembly and surface activity

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00819B, Paper
Payal Baheti, Timo Rheinberger, Olinda Gimello, Cécile Bouilhac, Frederik R. Wurm, Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes, Steven M. Howdle
Synthesis by ROP of star-like amphiphilic block copolymer surfactants composed of PCL hydrophobic segments and poly(phosphonate) as biodegradable segments.
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Vizag leak: NGT slaps Rs 50 cr fine on LG Polymers

A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, set up a five-member Committee to probe Thursday's gas leak incident in the chemical factory, in which 11 people were killed and 1,000 exposed, and submit a report before May 18.




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Vapour leak caused mishap at Vizag plant: LG Polymers

Status quo at the plant was restored on Saturday morning, the company said in a statement.




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Visakhapatnam: Angry villagers protest outside LG Polymers demanding immediate closure

Stressing that their lives were ruined completely, the protestors even put two dead bodies in front of the building.




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Vizag gas leak: All you need to know about LG Polymers factory




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Thick air, pungent smell: How gas leakage tragedy unfolded at Visakhapatnam’s LG Polymers plant




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Vizag gas leak: NGT slaps interim penalty of Rs 50 cr on LG Polymers India, issues notices to Centre




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Don’t need nod to start production, LG Polymers had told green panel




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Vizag gas leak: Angry residents protest outside LG Polymers, demand closure of chemical plant