The mechanical properties of hydrogels and polymer networks have emerged as a focal point in the development of advanced soft materials. These materials comprise water-swollen, crosslinked polymer ...

Polymers are useful in many applications, but their mechanical properties can be greatly transformed under extreme temperatures. Knowing their performance in elevated or sub-zero temperatures is ...

Superior cost-to-performance ratio, resilience, and versatility are the core reasons behind the success of polymers in every major field. However, their inherent properties need to be modified as per ...

Polymer materials play an increasingly important role in a variety of industrial applications, thanks to their distinct physical and chemical properties. Among their key mechanical characteristics, ...

When designing polymers to achieve desired characteristics, such as toughness, elasticity, and resilience, you must not only consider the type of polymer, but also the mechanics of its macromolecular ...

Researchers have announced two major polymer science advances: a self-assembling polymer system that improves gene delivery safety and efficiency, and a chlorophyll-based supramolecular polymer that ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a new class of polymers as part of the work carried out within the ...

A new technical paper titled “Non-equilibrium transport in polymer mixed ionic–electronic conductors at ultrahigh charge densities” was published by researchers at Cambridge University, Grenoble Alpes ...

Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of biomedical fields, such as drug delivery, disease detection/diagnosis, biosensing, regenerative medicine, and ...

Scientists developing new biomaterials often try to mimic the body's natural proteins, but a chemist shows that simpler polymers -- based on a handful of plastic building blocks -- also work well.

A collaboration of scientists at the University of Manchester and the University of Birmingham has explored a more effective ...