and to quantitatively incorporate a functional group at one end of the polymer chain. In addition, utilizing the unique structures of the C1 polymers, success was made in preparing C1 polymers ...

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By imitating the structure of a protein, chemists have now made a strong, tough polymer that also exhibits elastic properties. In most of these cases, the synthetic materials mimic the structural ...

The properties of 2D materials, such as graphene, arise not only from their composition but also their sheet-like structures. Synthetic 2D polymers made from well-defined monomers promise to ...

However, conventionally synthesizing colloidal molecules with such specific symmetry requires a multi-step synthetic ... formation of polymer microdroplets. One of the polymers formed the first ...

This clip starts with a brief introduction into what polymers are and lists examples of both natural and synthetic polymers. It then goes on to describe what a smart polymer is, before focusing on ...

One of the most important frontiers in materials chemistry is the architectural control of synthetic materials on the nanometer ... Our research program in LC-based, nanostructured polymers is divided ...

MIT engineers have fabricated a metamaterial that is not only strong but also stretchy. Their new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy ...

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Scientists have developed a vacuum-assisted extrusion method that reduces internal porosity -- by up to 75% -- in large-scale 3D-printed polymer parts. Large-scale additive manufacturing has been ...