Spider silk inspires new class of functional synthetic polymers
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Synthetic polymers have changed the world around us. However, It is hard to finely tune some of their properties, such as the ability to transport ions. To overcome this problem, researchers decided to take inspiration from nature and created a new class of polymers based on protein-like materials that work as proton conductors and might be useful in future bio-electronic devices.