With this in mind, it has become crucial to investigate flame retardants for plastics. The goal is to improve the material's resistance to fire and reduce the heat release and flame spreading speed.

A new polymer removes biofilms—mats of microbes and their exuded substances—by mimicking a fluid oozed by barnacles (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09311). The material could provide a ...

Researchers at Colorado State University and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) developed a synthetic PHA that is more scalable, easier to chemically recycle, and has more-tunable properties ...

Science has long taken inspiration from the natural world, and few natural designs are as iconic as the helical shape that ...

The photo shows Dr. Qi Zhang and Prof. Dr. Ben Feringa in front of Shanghai Tower, which five years ago inspired a project to create a dynamical helical polymer, that can also be recycled into its ...

Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for stiffness. Researchers at the University of Virginia ...

Researchers have announced two major polymer science advances: a self-assembling polymer system that improves gene delivery safety and efficiency, and a chlorophyll-based supramolecular polymer that ...

Polymer materials have transformed modern engineering by offering lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and cost-effective alternatives to metals and ceramics. However, they are limited by their intrinsic ...