Compositionally asymmetric diblock copolymers provide an attractive platform for understanding the emergence of tetragonally close-packed, Frank–Kasper phases in soft matter. Block-polymer phase ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms. Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial ...

Using mechanical force, rather than light or heat, to transform molecules from one form to another has gained traction in the past decade, creating the field of polymer mechanochemistry. Stanford ...

Researchers have found that maleic-anhydride-based polymers can stifle the growth of several disease-causing bacteria, including one that forms biofilms on medical devices 1. These polymers could ...

Ryan Hayward's self-folding crane begins as a flat, trilayer sheet. The middle pNIPAM hydrogel layer swells as the water around it is heated, and the folding is guided by slits patterned into the more ...

Proteins are information-rich polymers that fold hierarchically into precise three-dimensional functional structures encoded by a specific monomer sequence. Despite ongoing advances, it is still a ...

CHICAGO — A diode measuring just 2.5 nanometers was recently demonstrated by University of Chicago professor Luping Yu, who called it the world's smallest. The operation of the polymer-based p-n ...

Professor Eric Saliim shares all about polymers from his classroom at NCCU! North Carolina Central University Professor Eric Saliim shares his knowledge of polymers! Funding for Rootle Community ...

Europe and North America are driving expansion of bio-based polymer and bio-based building block capacity while Asia remains ...