Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new polymer design that ...

For example, it is now possible to prepare high molecular weight polymers (molecular weight > 50,000), to control the stereo-structure (tacticity) of the C–C main chain, and to quantitatively ...

This clip starts with a brief introduction into what polymers are and lists examples of both natural and synthetic polymers. It then goes on to describe what a smart polymer is, before focusing on ...

Simulation of glass transition in a polymer film and offers fundamental insights about the influence of molecular structure on the transition temperature Date: March 7, 2017 ...

For example, the researchers could make a composite material with as low as 97.5 percent Ultem fiber, a pretty tough material such as Kevlar, and just 2.5% of the new 2D polymer.

Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or 'morphologies,' from ...

In a paper published in Nature Communications , researchers describe a new polymer structure called a bilayer-folded mesophase that has been discovered through a random copolymer sequence.

This unique feature of peptoids allows for these structures to potentially span a significantly larger configurational space of chemical and structural functionality through the careful tuning of ...