Conducting polymers have emerged as a pivotal class of materials for advanced optoelectronic applications owing to their tunable molecular structure, ...

Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

Lignin is the most abundant renewable aromatic polymer in nature. Its conversion into high value-added chemicals or materials ...

This study investigates the mechanical properties and interfacial bonding of Polyamide 12 filled with Glass Fiber (PA12/GF) lattice structures overmolded with Nylon 66 (PA66) and Thermoplastic ...

A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a charge-shifting polyzwitterion that can carry insulin ...

Boron nitride nanotubes are promising materials for polymeric composites due to their electrical insulation and thermal conductivity properties. In this work, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are ...

A postfunctionalization strategy using blue LED light and an organophotoredox catalyst generates carbocation intermediates on polymer chains, enabling the incorporation of phosphonate esters. This ...

Systemic, structural change has always been a part of the perspective of the Greater Good Science Center. In a 2022 essay, editor Jeremy Adam Smith defines structural forces in the context of our work ...