MIT Researchers Develop New Strategy for Stronger Polymers
A team of engineers at MIT have found a new strategy for reducing the number of loops in a polymer. The method could offer an…
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Small Nanoparticles Provide Dramatic Improvements in Polymer Materials
New research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows that blending nanoparticles and polymers enables dramatic improvements in the properties of polymer materials. Polymer nanocomposites mix…
How Electrical Charge Carriers Move in Conjugated Polymers
In a newly published study scientists from MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory reveal how electrical charge carriers move in conjugated polymers, potentially opening up further…
Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency Improved With Infrared-Absorbing Polymer
Improvements in polymer solar cell technology continues as a new report documents the highest independently measured efficiency for a polymer solar cell, 10.6+/-0.3% with respect…
Two-Dimensional Polymers Created for the First Time
For the first time ever, scientists at the Polymers Institute of ETH Zurich have created two-dimensional polymers. They researched polymers with three or more covalent…
Self-Healing Polymer Mechanism Rediscovered After 60 Years
There’s been a lot more research into self-healing organic polymers, but it’s only recently that a self-healing mechanism from more than 60 years ago was…
