A new high-performance resin developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) could prove key to the use of polymers and composites in naval and aerospace applications, among others. Its resistance ...

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

One of the first applications where ATSP polymer is being considered is for a NASA-funded project involving rollable or foldable composites for deployable structures. In order to participate, late ...

Chemists discovered a new way to make polymers stronger: introduce a few weaker bonds into the material. Working with polyacrylate elastomers, they could increase the materials' resistance to tearing ...

Shown here are PCS-coated carbon and aramid fibers. (A) depicts scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs of raw carbon fibers (B) PCS-coated carbon fibers, (C) raw aramid fibers and (D) ...

Linear or thermoplastic polymers are polymers that consist of long chains or strings of repeating units. These types of materials can be heated, allowing the polymer chains to slide over each other ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) power electric vehicles and electronics. With the prevalence of these set to increase, efforts have been directed towards improving the performance and longevity of LIBs.

It was at the heart of the Creps (‘Sports Expertise and Performance Resource Centre’) in Vichy, France, that the French Society of Plastics Engineers, SFIP, chose this year to hold its event dedicated ...

How do chemists keep airmen and soldiers out of the "Danger Zone?" The U.S. Military depends on state-of-the-art materials chemistry to create protective equipment and weaponized vehicles that ...

A partly decomposed shoe, covered in mussels, on a sunny pier. Algenesis submerged shoes made with its biodegradable polyurethane foam in the Pacific Ocean to demonstrate their decomposition. Credit: ...