Articles tagged: thermal stability

History German chemist Hermann Staudinger discovered polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) in 1888 during his groundbreaking studies on macromolecules, which subsequently earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistr … Read more

History The discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is often described as a serendipitous breakthrough. In the late 1930s, DuPont chemist Dr Roy Plunkett was tasked with developing an alternative … Read more

History Polyetherimide (PEI) is a high-performance thermoplastic polymer developed in the early 1980s by General Electric Plastics (now part of SABIC) and introduced to the market under the tradename … Read more

History Perfluoroalkyl alkanes (PFAs) are a subset of fluorinated hydrocarbons conceptualized as fluorinated analogs of hydrocarbons. They have unique properties that set them apart from per- and pol … Read more