Polymers are used in a number of applications: engineered combinations of monomers create a nearly infinite number of molecules with different properties, which are identified by the structure and ...

A new approach to strengthen polymer gels has been developed by changing the length of polymer “thread” per molecular “bead”. Research team develops new approach to strengthen polymer gels by changing ...

Conjugated polymers are crucial to the cells' development and design. "Now that we've unlocked the potential for chiral conjugated polymers, we can apply that biological property to solar cells and ...

Plastic, once ingenious for its durability and versatility, has become a global environmental issue that is affecting every ...

Drawn fiber is used in a wide range of applications including over-braiding for hoses, medical braiding, weaves as mist eliminators, strengthening for industrial belting applications, instrument and ...

Developing a practical polymer that can break down to its monomer and then be repolymerized over and over again has been a long-standing goal of plastics makers and recycling advocates. Such a ...

A machine learning method developed by researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, and other institutions accurately predicts liquid crystallinity of ...

The words on this page mean something because they are assembled in a particular order and follow the complex rules of grammar and syntax. Creating new chemical polymers follows a similar kind of ...

The primary purpose of the work presented herein is to investigate the mechanical properties of a lithium rechargeable battery cathode 1-3 by utilizing both the classic XP CSM and newer, ultrafast DCM ...

(Nanowerk News) Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of biomedical fields, such as drug delivery, disease detection/diagnosis, biosensing, ...