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Nature-Inspired Colorful Camouflage with Polymers

Researchers report that they have created polymers that can better imitate nature’s color-changing abilities than current polymers.

8 Feb 2018

KyronMAX™ Structural Thermoplastic Materials Consistently Outperform the Mechanical Strength of Long Fiber Thermoplastic Compounds

Piper Plastics' KyronMAX™ series offers advanced short fiber thermoplastics, outperforming LFT materials in strength and design flexibility for complex parts.

7 Feb 2018

Light switch: porous polymer films with shape memory

The creation of switchable porous films from shape memory polymers opens new avenues in electronics and purification processes with precise pore control.

6 Feb 2018

Researchers Simulate Polymer-Cement Composites to Discover Strongest, Toughest Materials

The mix of hydrogen bonds in cement and polymer composites is vital for making tough, strong and ductile infrastructure materials.

30 Jan 2018

3D Printing to Enhance Cell Adhesion of PDMS Polymer

Integrating two different polymer forms can switch manufacturing of silicone parts to 3D printing and improve biological cell adhesion.

24 Jan 2018

Researchers Receive Grant to Create Boron Polymers

Polymers based on chains of boron are thought to have beneficial properties, e.g.greater electrical conductance than polymers used in organic electronics.

19 Jan 2018

Researchers Chemically Imprint Polymer Particles with DNA Strands

Polymer particles have been chemically imprinted with DNA strands by McGill University researchers – a technique capable of leading to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to “soft robotics” (a promising field).

20 Dec 2017

A Step Closer to Non-electric Batteries

A polymer chain organized like a string of Christmas lights could be key to future energy storage say materials chemists in America, who believe they have solved one of the major hurdles in the field.

20 Dec 2017

FLUENCE ANALYTICS RELEASES THIRD-GENERATION ACOMP

Fluence Analytics' third-generation ACOMP improves polymer analysis, delivering real-time insights that enhance manufacturing efficiency and product quality.

14 Dec 2017

Understanding Tangling in Polyelectrolyte Brushes

Polyelectrolyte brushes – tiny scale brushes made out of large molecules and polymer chain bristles – could have potential uses in anything from industrial materials to medicine. But they suffer from a major flaw, like any soft brush, their bristles can become tangled and collapse.

14 Dec 2017

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