Because it's nearly impermeable to gases, the polymer coating could be used to protect solar panels, machinery, infrastructure, and more. (Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have developed a lightweight ...

Holographic polymer films have emerged as a versatile platform where interference patterns are stored via photopolymerisation in photosensitive matrices. When these films are integrated with liquid ...

A new class of film capacitors constructed with ferroelectric polymers being developed by a team of materials scientists at Penn State University promise quicker power delivery from a lighter package ...

Precisely applied mechanical pressure can improve the electronic properties of a widely used polymer material. This requires that the material be mechanically processed to an accuracy of a few ...

Air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide (NO2), primarily produced during fossil fuel combustion, pose a serious concern for human health, contributing to respiratory diseases like pulmonary edema, ...

Materials giant Borealis has launched Stelora, a new class of sustainable engineering polymer based on renewable feedstock that offers increased strength and durability in addition to a step change in ...

Thermoplastic films have been used in flexible medical product applications since the 1960s, when plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) blood storage bags replaced glass bottles. 1 In the 1970s, PVC ...

Manufacturers across all industries face mounting pressure to demonstrate progress with a circular economy business model ...

Polymer brushes are made up of continuous monomers that are attached to an interface by one chain link at a sufficiently high density for the polymers to extend outward from the substrate. These ...