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Polymers and soft materials news, July 2018

Green light for polymer material that can change from hard to soft and back again

A novel polymer material can change its structure in response to light, converting from a rigid substance to a softer one that can heal itself.

30 July 2018
Fredy Zypman receives the 2018 Materials Today Embracing Challenge Award

26 July 2018

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25 July 2018Stewart Bland

Longer-lasting human skin equivalent alternative based on silk-collagen composite.

25 July 2018Cordelia Sealy

Researchers have developed a way to fabricate soft, porous materials via the self-assembly of metal-organic polyhedra made of rhodium atoms.

25 July 2018

Custom-built parylene deposition system for a field-effect transistor.

23 July 2018Laurie Donaldson

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20 July 2018Joe D'angelo

Professor Cyrille Boyer was awarded two awards at MACRO2018 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of polymer science.

13 July 2018

By mixing and matching different materials, researchers have created a window coating that can prevent excessive heating and generate electricity.

9 July 2018

Researchers have discovered that entangled, long-chain polymers in solutions relax at two different rates after processing.

6 July 2018

Using a novel coating process, scientists have been able to develop a highly effective water-repellent coating based on a short-chain polymer.

5 July 2018

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2 July 2018

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