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New shape for cross-linked polymers - Researchers in the US and France believe they have found a new way to impart malleability into cross-linked polymers containing multiple double bonds. The finding could make covalently cross-linked polymers more easily processable, versatile and recyclable. Reference: Y-X Lu et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, DOI: 10.1021/ja303356z