Eurofins Sustainability Services says its new testing method for recycled plastics in textiles is more accurate than existing ...

Examples of polymers are silk, rubber ... Fiber-reinforced polymer composites are lightweight structural materials used in a wide range of applications, but manufacturing of composites requires ...

"The new class of polymers with high energy density and high thermal stability is one of the most concrete examples of how AI can guide materials discovery," said Ramprasad. "It is also the result ...

Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials researchers at ...

What if we could invent materials that can repair themselves when damaged? Polymer molecules in various states – solid, melt, solution – are susceptible to covalent bond changes in response to ...

Reuse and recycling of thermoplastic composites are a key part of this. Prototypical product examples are polymer composite materials produced from 100% industrial waste streams, automotive components ...

More recent examples include 2-D materials such as graphenes, graphene oxides, and boron nitride nanotubes. Engineered and incidental nanomaterials may be released along the life cycle of nano-enabled ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a vacuum-assisted extrusion method that reduces internal ...

Join two experts working to overcome roadblocks preventing these new materials from becoming ... Jia Niu of Boston College will present two examples of another promising approach towards creating ...

Our research program in LC-based, nanostructured polymers is divided into three main areas. The first area is the development of polymerizable lyotropic LCs for the construction of functional, ...

Polymer chemistry is central to the development of new technologies and substances. Materials based upon natural and synthetic organic macromolecules, polymers, and hybrid derivatives have enormous ...