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Virginia Tech: Chemist Brings Precision With Polymers to High School Science
September 29, 2025
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 29 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:

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Chemist brings precision with polymers to high school science

By Syd Morgan

Polymers - make them with one molecular configuration, you get a plastic bag. Tweak that slightly, and you get bulletproof siding for vehicles, said Assistant Professor Adrian Figg.

Polymers are a type of macromolecule made up of smaller molecules called monomers that chain to . . .

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