In Stanford's laboratories, a team of engineers and physicists has succeeded in bringing to life materials inspired by a ...

Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo) has developed a hydrocarbon‑based polymer electrolyte for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water ...

Copper nanoparticles from beetroot extract enhance antimicrobial properties in polymer composites, offering a sustainable ...

The 2026 SPE International Polyolefins Conference announces Keynote Speakers and the Program ...

Responsive polymers and smart materials adapt to stimuli, providing solutions to drug delivery, tissue engineering, and even ...

Two University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to develop new plastic ...

Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...

Boron nitride nanotubes are promising materials for polymeric composites due to their electrical insulation and thermal conductivity properties. In this work, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are ...

A postfunctionalization strategy using blue LED light and an organophotoredox catalyst generates carbocation intermediates on polymer chains, enabling the incorporation of phosphonate esters. This ...

Traditionally, creating polymers with mechanical bonds posed significant challenges. Bardot explained that one of the main reasons for these difficulties was due to the fact that much of the existing ...

Engineers have fabricated a metamaterial that is not only strong but also stretchy. Their new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy ...