... -based polymers known as "hydrogels." Chemists developed the soy-oil-based hydrogels as a biodegradable alternative to the synthetic polymers now used, including polyacrylic acid and polyacrylamide.
... , Dr. M. A. Mohamoud will discuss a novel class of materials called “conducting polymers.” Conducting polymers are smart materials that can mimic biological systems and can be used as components of ...
... scale use of carbon-based nanocomposites.”
Next researchers are studying the polymer’s electroconductivity, quantifying and optimizing the results with the goal of creating optically transparent ...
Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything ...
... then modify to present our bio-inspired, bioactive protein," explained García.
In this case, the polymer presented controlled amounts of an engineered protein that mimics fibronectin, a protein in ...
... , Junjun Li, graduate students in materials science and engineering, developed a polymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and trifluoroethylene which, with the addition of chlorotrifluoroethylene had a ...
... bowel disease – an illness that causes the large and small intestines to swell.
The new polymer has the advantage of stability in both acids and bases. It degrades only in the presence of reactive ...
... such as nanoimprint nanomanufacturing.
The research is a significant step forward in the understanding of polymer deformation that is directly related to nanoscale manufacturing, King said. "Our ...
Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the rules...
Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the rules.
Chemists in Japan have created light-driven polymer films that walk like inchworms and move like robotic arms
... of the process. The Warwick research team has worked on a number of other processes that coated polymers in forms of protection but they all required a number of steps to produce the end result. This ...
... basic research may lead. For decades materials scientists have been experimenting with a corkscrew-like polymer structure called a gyroid. Now an international team of researchers has shown that the ...
... band gap, light is not easily absorbed and can be wasted.
"Previously, the synthesizing process for the polymer was very complicated. We've been able to simplify the process and make it much ...
Hans-Jörg Schneider and Kazuaki Kato introduce polymers that respond to chemical and biological stimuli through movement
