From clean water and healthcare to infrastructure, energy storage and sustainability, society needs innovative material ...

Polymer films are essential materials in both consumer and industry sector. They have various applications among which the most common are in the packaging industry, where they can be classified as ...

Processing highly filled polymers (>50 vol%), whether with particle or short fiber additives, is needed for many applications, such as pharmaceuticals, ceramics, batteries, coatings, etc. Forming ...

In a win for chemistry, inventors have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer and later recovering all of its starting materials. In a win ...

Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials researchers at ...

When a spider is spinning its web, its silk starts out as liquid and quickly turns into a solid that is, pound for pound, sturdier than steel. They manage to create these impressive materials at room ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

A team of international researchers has developed a new class of ultrathin polymer membranes that can rapidly and selectively ...

The synthesis of 2D material polymers represents a groundbreaking approach in materials science, offering a diverse range of applications in various industries. These composite materials combine the ...

Polymer materials play an increasingly important role in a variety of industrial applications, thanks to their distinct physical and chemical properties. Among their key mechanical characteristics, ...