Nature-inspired patterns enhance the polymer’s strength
Credit: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Biological systems are renowned for their ability to create strong yet resilient ...
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Molecularly imprinted polymers help eliminate smoke-tainted wine odor
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Wildfires can damage crops even if the flames don't get close to the plants. One result ...
Biomass-based polymers can capture and release CO₂ without high pressure or extreme temperatures
Hoyong Chung, an associate professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Arijit Ghorai have developed a new ...
Struggling student helps design synthetic polymers to fight fungal infections
by Friederike Gawlik, Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut (Leibniz-HKI) An electron micrograph of the cell wall of the ...
Using AI to find the polymers of the future
Polymers for lithium-ion batteries. Credit: Nature Reviews Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41578-024-00708-8 Nylon, Teflon, Kevlar… These are just a few of ...
Exploring the effect of ring closure on the fluorescence of supramolecular polymers
(a) Unterminated toroidal assemblies do not easily deform in solution, resulting in less excitation energy loss and strong yellow fluorescence. ...
Microfluidic chip reveals bacteria swim toward large, complex polymers
Left: The “in situ chemotaxis assay” (ISCA) is a microfluidic chip that can be used to test whether and how ...
A process for making long rolls of subnanocomposite dielectric polymers
Roll-to-roll solution casting equipment. Credit: Yang et al. Engineers and materials scientists are trying to develop more and more advanced ...
Research team develops polymers capable of killing bacteria
Escherichia coli. Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat to public health. Each year, they ...
Rapid 4D printing with shape memory polymers
Digital light processing specifications. A) Schematic illustration of the preparation of a shape memory polymer using a liquid crystal (RM257). ...
