Researchers develop self-healing polymers for cracked cellphone screens
If you're like most cellphone users, at one point you have experienced a cracked screen.
Nanomaterials
Oct 18, 2021
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News tagged with polymer network
New tool to predict polymer properties
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a powerful mathematical modelling tool that will allow researchers to predict the properties of polymer networks before they are even created.
Polymers
Sep 6, 2021
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Efficient chain transfer for 3D-printing of tough photopolymers
An ever-growing number of coatings, including varnishes and printing inks, as well as tooth fillings, are cured with light. Yet, homogenous, tailored, polymer networks cannot be produced, and the materials tend to be brittle, ...
Polymers
Jul 6, 2018
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Molecularly designing polymer networks to control sound damping
The world is filled with myriad sounds and vibrations—the gentle tones of a piano drifting down the hall, the relaxing purr of a cat laying on your chest, the annoying hum of the office lights. Imagine being able to selectively ...
Polymers
Jan 11, 2024
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Novel hydrogel finds new aptamers, or 'chemical antibodies,' in days
One double-helix strand of DNA could extend six feet, but it is so tightly coiled that it packs an entire sequence of nucleotides into the tiny nucleus of a cell. If that same DNA was instead split into two strands and divided ...
Biotechnology
Oct 17, 2023
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Neutron investigation into self-assembling solar-harvesting films reveals new low-cost tool for 3-D circuit printing
Scientists from Imperial College London, working at the Institut Laue-Langevin, have presented a new way of positioning nanoparticles in plastics, with important applications in the production of coatings and photovoltaic ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 1, 2013
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New approach could lead to designed plastics with specific properties
Imagine a plastic bag that can carry home your groceries, then quickly degrade, without harming the environment. Or a super-strong, lightweight plastic for airplanes, rockets, and satellites that can replace traditional structural ...
Materials Science
Oct 22, 2020
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Titanium dioxide nanoreactor
Tiny particles of titanium dioxide are found as key ingredients in wall paints, sunscreens, and toothpaste; they act as reflectors of light or as abrasives. However with decreasing particle size and a corresponding change ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 21, 2013
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A novel material for transparent and flexible displays
The next generation of flexible and transparent displays will require a high-performing and flexible polymeric material that has the optical and thermal properties of glass. The material must be transparent to visible light ...
Polymers
Jan 24, 2019
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Researchers uncover how plant skin is assembled
(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled.
Biotechnology
May 22, 2012
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