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UrduCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for developing internal electrical shorts that can ignite a battery’s liquid electrolytes, leading to explosions and fires. Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed a solid polymer-based electrolyte that can self-heal after…
Tag: POLYMER CHEMISTRY
New nano-barrier for composites could strengthen spacecraft payloads
The University of Surrey has developed a robust multi-layed nano-barrier for ultra-lightweight and stable carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) that could be used to build high precision instrument structures for future space missions. CFRP is used in current space missions,…
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
An astonishing number of recent technological advances and novel engineering applications go hand in hand with progress in the field of materials science. The design and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale (that is, on the order of billionths of…
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
An astonishing number of recent technological advances and novel engineering applications go hand in hand with progress in the field of materials science. The design and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale (that is, on the order of billionths of…
Reflecting on the year in chemistry
A lot can happen in a year, especially when it comes to science. As 2019 draws to a close, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, is highlighting the year’s biggest stories in chemistry,…
BU chemists develop new biodegradable adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesives
Storing medical information below the skin’s surface
Specialized dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable ‘on-patient’ storage of vaccination history
Reflecting on the year in chemistry
A lot can happen in a year, especially when it comes to science. As 2019 draws to a close, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, is highlighting the year’s biggest stories in chemistry,…
Drops of liquid crystal molecules branch out into strange structures
Shaped by surface tension and elasticity, University of Pennsylvania researchers find that spherical drops of chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform upon cooling into complex shapes with long-reaching tendrils
BU chemists develop new biodegradable adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesives
Storing medical information below the skin’s surface
Specialized dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable ‘on-patient’ storage of vaccination history
Drops of liquid crystal molecules branch out into strange structures
Shaped by surface tension and elasticity, University of Pennsylvania researchers find that spherical drops of chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform upon cooling into complex shapes with long-reaching tendrils
New way to make biomedical devices from silk yields better products with tunable qualities
Using methods common to plastics manufacturing, properties of silk-based devices can be tuned for strength, flexibility, molecular function and biodegradability
Developing next-generation biologic pacemakers
Stem cells originally found in fat converted to pacemaker-like cells
New way to make biomedical devices from silk yields better products with tunable qualities
Using methods common to plastics manufacturing, properties of silk-based devices can be tuned for strength, flexibility, molecular function and biodegradability
Developing next-generation biologic pacemakers
Stem cells originally found in fat converted to pacemaker-like cells
The first nanotube applications award honors the scientist revolutionizing batteries
TUBALL Awards are the first to acknowledge R&D projects using SWCNTs across the whole range of their commercial applications.
The first nanotube applications award honors the scientist revolutionizing batteries
TUBALL Awards are the first to acknowledge R&D projects using SWCNTs across the whole range of their commercial applications.
Unique polymer fibres: Light, strong, and tough
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth discover unique multifibrillar fibres
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives each year
Unique polymer fibres: Light, strong, and tough
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth discover unique multifibrillar fibres
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives each year
NTU Singapore scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the…
NTU Singapore scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the…
Stretchy and squeezy soft sensors one step closer thanks to new bonding method
Imperial College London bioengineers have found a way to create stretchy and squeezy soft sensing devices by bonding rubber to electrical components. Stretchy and squeezy soft sensors that can fit around body parts or squeezed in hands could be used…
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics
Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics
Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics
A new view for glasses
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at The University of Tokyo introduced a new physical model that predicts the dynamics of glassy materials based solely on their local degree of atomic structural order. Using computer simulations, they showed how this theory greatly…
Liquid crystal polymer learns to move and grab objects
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs
Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins
Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision
Liquid crystal polymer learns to move and grab objects
Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs
Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins
Berkeley Lab scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision
Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic
A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat could protect motorcyclists and racecar drivers during accidents. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a hydrogel that does the opposite of what polymer-based materials, like plastic bottles, normally do: their material…
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2019
Manufacturing – Lightning strike out Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that an additively manufactured polymer layer, when applied to carbon fiber reinforced plastic, or CFRP, can serve as an effective protector against aircraft lightning strikes. CFRP is usually…
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2019
Manufacturing – Lightning strike out Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that an additively manufactured polymer layer, when applied to carbon fiber reinforced plastic, or CFRP, can serve as an effective protector against aircraft lightning strikes. CFRP is usually…
New pads absorb shock better than foam with air flow and easy manufacture
HRL Laboratories’ microlattice impact attenuator pads outperform current helmet pads in single or multiple hits and are made with light-casting technology
Smart reactions through online design of catalytic pockets
Many chemical processes depend on catalysts to facilitate reactions that would otherwise proceed very slowly, or not at all. An innovative procedure for visually representing the structure of catalysts via computer-assisted design, developed at KAUST, is helping researchers build better…
Smart reactions through online design of catalytic pockets
Many chemical processes depend on catalysts to facilitate reactions that would otherwise proceed very slowly, or not at all. An innovative procedure for visually representing the structure of catalysts via computer-assisted design, developed at KAUST, is helping researchers build better…
Periodontal disease: Patent for new treatment method
New biodegradable rods promise to provide better treatment for periodontal disease. Researchers from the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have re-combined an already approved active ingredient and filed for a patent for their invention together with…
Liquid-liquid transitions crystallize new ideas for molecular liquids
Tokyo – Crystallization describes the formation of ordered structures from the disordered constituents of a liquid. Although the fundamental theory of crystal formation has been widely investigated and is generally well established, gaps in the understanding still remain. Researchers from…
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Periodontal disease: Patent for new treatment method
New biodegradable rods promise to provide better treatment for periodontal disease. Researchers from the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have re-combined an already approved active ingredient and filed for a patent for their invention together with…
Liquid-liquid transitions crystallize new ideas for molecular liquids
Tokyo – Crystallization describes the formation of ordered structures from the disordered constituents of a liquid. Although the fundamental theory of crystal formation has been widely investigated and is generally well established, gaps in the understanding still remain. Researchers from…
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterials
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterials
Nine young scientists obtain funding from Russian Foundation for Basic Research
The allocated sums are 4 to 6 million rubles, and the duration is 2 years
Li-ion battery components to be printed on an inkjet printer
Researchers are developing a technology for printing the electrodes for miniature li-ion batteries by an inkjet printer.