Researchers have created a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into ...

Engineered polymers hold promise for use in next generation technologies such as light-harvesting devices and implantable ...

Researchers have created a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by compressing or twisting the original structure. This rapid shape-shifting ...

Sometimes, the best way to achieve a big outcome is to start small. That principle is at the center of new work from a ...

Scientists solve a long-standing block copolymer research conundrum through polymer chain end modifications. The study garners substantial academic attention by achieving tangible manifestations of ...

Scientists at the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other research institutions have ...

"Polymer Phasing" was coined to refer to studies of mesoscopic pattern formation in self-organization processes via phase transitions and phase separation in polymer systems as a model for complex ...

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their collaborators are developing a quick-drying polymeric desiccant that could dehumidify buildings using at least 30% less energy than conventional air ...