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Polymers Jul 6, 2022

The key materials and devices for intrinsically flexible displays

This review is conceived by academician Yunqi Liu and professor Yunlong Guo (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences). Dr. Zhiyuan Zhao, Dr. Kai Liu, and Yanwei Liu are the co-first authors. This research attaches ...

Polymers Jun 29, 2022

Microporous polymer membranes for light-gated ion transport

In a new report now published in Science Advances, Zongyao Zhou and a team of scientists in chemical engineering and physical science and engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia ...

Biochemistry Jun 21, 2022

Novel synthetic polymers could lead to greater crop yields for farmers

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have invented a new method to encourage bacteria to form growth-promoting ecosystems that could be used to coat the roots of plant seedlings, which is expected to result in stronger, ...

Polymers Jun 17, 2022

Electrically conductive paints and other polymer alloys now produced easily

Medical devices, cars, and many advanced technologies contain innumerable delicate components that are held together by electrically conductive polymers, such as polyaniline. For several decades, synthesis of polyaniline ...

Polymers Jun 17, 2022

New polymer mesophase structure discovered

Polymers, large molecules made up of repeating smaller molecules called monomers, are found in nearly everything we use in our day-to-day lives. Polymers can be natural or created synthetically. Natural polymers, also called ...

Biochemistry Jun 8, 2022

New delivery method allows slow-release of broader array of peptide drugs in the body

A new study from the University of Michigan describes one of the first entirely new drug delivery microencapsulation approaches in decades.

Polymers May 24, 2022

Scientists make plastic more degradable under UV light

Many plastics that are labeled as biodegradable are only compostable under industrial conditions, but scientists at the University of Bath have now found a way to make plastics break down using only UV light.

Polymers May 16, 2022

New theory promises to reshape how we think about polymer superstructures

Polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the journal Nature Communications that they have solved a longstanding mystery surrounding a nanoscale structure, formed by collections of ...

Polymers May 16, 2022

Improved method to make branched polymers

Branched polymers, polymers that look like tiny tree branches, have significant potential for water filtration, the biomedical field, nanoelectronics, and other applications. Researchers have now come up with a better way ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 25, 2022

Predicting distribution of phosphoric acid and water in high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

High-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) can be applied in electric vehicles and marine power supplies.

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