Polymers are fundamental to our daily lives, serving as the core components for a wide array of goods, including clothing, packaging, transportation infrastructure, construction materials, and ...

Polymers are fundamental to our daily lives, serving as the core components for a wide array of goods, including clothing, packaging, transportation ...

For more than two decades, the Ihara research group has been focusing on the development of new methods for polymer syntheses ...

The structure of semi-crystalline polymers largely depends on how strongly their molecular chains are entangled. Following numerous experiments, researchers developed a new model to predict the ...

Molecules that act as connected wheels can hold long molecular chains together to modify the properties of soft polymers. Rotaxanes are interlocked molecular structures with a linear ‘axle’ molecule ...

A soft polymer that hardens on impact uses force-activated molecules to rewire its own structure, achieving record stiffness and 97% force reduction.

Semiconducting polymer nanomaterials are advanced π-conjugated polymers with alternating double and single bonds, which allow for π-electron delocalization and intermolecular π−π interactions. Unlike ...

Long-term tests further show that the presodiated hard carbon retains 93.6% of its capacity after 3,000 charge–discharge ...

Scientists are developing a new generation of polymer-based materials that could dramatically improve the removal of persistent "forever chemicals ...