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Polymers and soft materials news, December 2017

With 3D printing, researchers have created a metamaterial from cubic building blocks that rotates about its axis in response to compression forces.

26 December 2017
New scopes for Polymer and European Polymer Journal in 2018

The new scopes increase the differentiation between these excellent sister polymer science titles and take effect from 1 January 2018.

20 December 2017

Scientists have developed a technique for combining carbon nanotubes with ceramics and polymers to form novel composite materials.

15 December 2017

The optical and photocatalytic properties of carbon dots can be precisely tuned by controlling the positions of nitrogen atoms in their structure.

8 December 2017

Smart textiles and wearable electronics benefit from graphene.

8 December 2017Laurie Donaldson

Why don’t tree frogs slip off wet leaves? The answer lies in their sticky toe pads, which are made up of a mixture of hard and soft materials.

6 December 2017Cordelia Sealy

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