In distinguished company
Four UC Santa Barbara professors join the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences UC Santa Barbara ...
Tag: Polymer Chemistry
From nata de coco to computer screens: Cellulose gets a chance to shine
Researchers at Osaka University meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, ...
Green plastic production made easy
Credit: Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hokkaido University A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving ...
Smart antioxidant-containing polymer responds to body chemistry, environment
Credit: Graphic courtesy Janet Sinn-Hanlon, DesignGroup@VetMed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Oxidants found within living organisms are ...
US Naval Research Lab develops quantum dot polymer for next-gen screens
Groundbreaking technology available for manufacturing, sales of new and improved electronicsCredit: NRL photo U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists have developed ...
New microscopy method provides more details about nanocomposites
Credit: US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a new ...
The right polymers for the job
Technology makes fuel cells more powerful, more durable, less expensiveCredit: Photo illustration by Joy Smoker One of the most promising ...
New method may transport medicine better through the body
Credit: Unsplash.com Credit Badge... At some point every person is likely to experience an inflammatory condition somewhere in the body. ...
Degradable plastics
Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science at the University of Konstanz, receives an Advanced Grant from the European ...
Russian Science Foundation grant winners for 2019 announced
19 winning bids are from Kazan University Every project is to receive from 4 to 6 million rubles during the ...
Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hueCredit: Felice Frankel The color of a material can ...
A universal description of non-equilibrium colloid phase separation
Tokyo, Japan - Liquids, with their flowing dynamics, are often far from equilibrium. This makes it particularly hard to model ...
Polythene films strong as aluminum could be used for windows, screens and phones
New technique to make transparent polythene films as strong as aluminum that could be used in impact resistant glazing, windscreens, ...
Bioengineers developed 3D structures from crab shells to replace damaged tissues
A team of scientists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University used 3D printing to create biocompatible structures on the ...