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3D-Printed Plastic Cubes Could Help Create Lightweight Armor

Tiny, 3D printed cubes of plastic, with intricate fractal voids built into them, have proven to be effective at dissipating shockwaves, potentially leading to new types of lightweight armor and structural materials effective against explosions and impacts.

8 Jul 2020

Study Helps Make Plastic Coatings with High Transparency and Conductivity

At the University of Michigan, scientists have made plastic conductive as well as more transparent as part of their attempts to enhance window-mounted infrared solar cells, LED light panels, and huge touchscreens.

7 Jul 2020

New Thermoplastic Biomaterial with Tunable Properties for Various End Products

A new thermoplastic biomaterial, which is tough and strong but also easy to process and shape has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.

2 Jul 2020

University of Liverpool and Scott Bader Company Ltd Announce Joint Venture

The University of Liverpool and Scott Bader Company Ltd have formed a joint venture; Polymer Mimetics, to develop a novel polymer chemistry platform.

From Scott Bader Company Ltd. 1 Jul 2020

Polymer Relaxor Ferroelectricity Arises from Chain Conformation Disorders

A new fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to advances in flexible electronics, actuators and transducers, energy storage, piezoelectric sensors and electrocaloric cooling, according to a team of researchers at Penn State and North Carolina State.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers Add Ion-Conducting Polymer to Optimize Neuromorphic Devices

"Neuromorphic" refers to mimicking the behavior of brain neural cells. When one speaks of neuromorphic computers, they are talking about making computers think and process more like human brains-operating at high-speed with low energy consumption.

25 Jun 2020

New Method to Control Radical Polymerization, Dispersity of Polymers

It is hard to imagine everyday life without materials made of synthetic polymers. Clothes, car parts, computers or packaging - they all consist of polymer materials.

25 Jun 2020

Exciting New Developments for Polymers Made from Waste Sulfur

Researchers at the University of Liverpool are making significant progress in the quest to develop new sulfur polymers that provide an environmentally friendly alternative to some traditional petrochemical based plastics.

24 Jun 2020