Functions often needed for adhesives include high strength, high reliability, weather resistance, shock absorption, high- and low-temperature properties, high electrical conductivity, excellent ...

In a new MIT study – in partnership with Purdue, Northwestern, and Duke universities – chemists have discovered that ...

Coordination polymers represent a diverse class of materials in which metal ion centres are interconnected by organic or inorganic ligands into extended structures. These materials, when designed with ...

Polymer chemistry is transforming industries, from sustainable materials to biomedicine. Over his decades as a professor of materials, chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara, Craig Hawker’s ...

Coatings are everywhere. A thin protective layer, often barely visible. They keep out moisture, sunlight and rust, helping ...

Composite adhesives like epoxy resins are excellent tools for joining and filling materials including wood, metal, and concrete. But there's one problem: once a composite sets, it's there forever. Now ...

Natural Polymers Consortium (NPC), which launched in 2024, has published its first paper which can be found in ACS Su ...

MIT researchers add mechanophores to polymers, boosting impact resistance and opening paths to tougher tires and electronics ...

Z-Polymers says its Tullomer fiber from challenges PEEK and aramids with strength, thermal stability, and competitive ...

A chemist named Waldo Semon sought rubber but found a stubborn polymer. His accidental discovery led to flexible PVC. This ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Akron $660,421 to fund a program that examines semicrystalline polymers, a type of plastic used in everything from ...

In a twist of fate, a humble lab experiment by chemist Julian Hill in the 1930s turned a sticky substance into a global ...