A team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Humboldt University in Berlin showcased a thin layer of plastic material in the Nature Communications journal, which has the capacity to move spontaneously under the influence of daylight. The researchers feel that this flexible plastic is appropriate as a self-cleaning surface, for example it can be utilized in solar cells.
An MIT research team is in the process of creating fluorescent polymer gels capable of changing color when they are heated, exposed to acid, shaken, or disrupted in some form. With this kind of response, these innovative materials hold promise as effective sensors for identifying modifications in structures, the environment or in fluids.
Nathan Fritz, a fall 2015 graduate of Montana State University’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship to research ways to improve the structural fibers used in composite materials.
The use of polyethylene mulch is a common practice in vegetable production, but environmental issues related to the disposal of petroleum-based plastic mulches have producers looking for alternatives.
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have merged both 3D printing and biology to develop the very first reactor that will have the potential to continuously create methanol from methane at room pressure and temperature.
For the first time, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), have successfully induced permanent alterations in the polymer conformation using a terahertz laser, thereby providing it with an increased crystallization pattern.
A new method has been devised by researchers for arranging tiny marbles into standard layers, thereby forming exciting materials, which disperse light into vivid colors, and which alters its color on stretching or twisting.
According to Penn State scientists, polymer membranes, which are patterned for enhanced performance, can now be prototyped and tested with a new kind of 3D printing.
A team of Penn State researchers claim that the ring teeth of a certain type of squid species could pave the way for self-healing polymers, meticulously built for stretchability and specific toughness. This polymer may have potential for use in the cosmetics, textiles, and medicine industries.
Plastic manufacturing is a process that consumes significant amounts of energy. Research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered a way to decrease the energy demand in one major step of manufacturing plastic by making use of a group of materials, which can filter impurities more effectively compared to traditional manufacturing process.
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