In the race for lighter, safer and more efficient electronics—from electric vehicles to transcontinental energy grids—one ...

Research authored by partners from the Bottle Consortium and published in Nature Communications this month aims to challenge ...

Supramolecular polymers have emerged as an exciting class of materials over the last three decades. Their solution and bulk properties are remarkably similar to those of traditional macromolecules, ...

The structure of semi-crystalline polymers largely depends on how strongly their molecular chains are entangled. Following numerous experiments, researchers developed a new model to predict the ...

CPL-active polymeric materials are superior in terms of scalability, flexibility, 3D stacking ability, and film-forming properties. CPL can be produced directly using chiral luminescent materials, ...

Electric vehicles have a cold weather problem, and drivers in places like Minnesota or Alberta feel it every winter when range drops and charging slows to a crawl. A new polymer-based battery design ...

Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, novel nanoscale material is incredibly strong and flexible. The interlocked material contains 100 trillion mechanical bonds per 1 square centimeter -- ...

Europe and North America are driving expansion of bio-based polymer and bio-based building block capacity while Asia remains ...

It is not easy to follow the interactions of large molecules with water in real time. But this can be easier to hear than to ...

Electrically switchable adhesion in a ferroelectric polymer film enables clean, fast, solvent-free transfer of graphene from copper growth substrates to target surfaces.

In this article, we embark on a fascinating journey through the field of polymer degradation, unraveling the intricate processes behind their breakdown, the factors that influence this degradation, ...