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Polymers and soft materials news, December 2019

A new magnetic shape-memory polymer can be transformed into a variety of different shapes with magnetic fields and then be locked into place.

30 December 2019

By taking advantage of polarons and plasmons, researchers have been able to develop optical nanoantennas from a conducting polymer.

28 December 2019

Robotic high throughput polymer generation

20 December 2019David Bradley

A synthetic actuator made from thermo-responsive liquid crystal polymer networks and a coat of dye can learn to bend and walk in response to light.

19 December 2019

A new ion-transport membrane technology based on microporous polymers could reduce the cost of storing energy and purifying water.

16 December 2019

By encapsulating perovskite nanocrystals in both silica and plastic hairs, researchers have enhanced their ability to withstand moisture.

13 December 2019

Using an electron microscope, researchers have unlocked the fundamental physics of how roughness affects soft material adhesion to a surface.

13 December 2019

Build a better biomimetic bone

10 December 2019David Bradley

Depositing an organic polymer as highly aligned crystals produces a transparent, flexible coating with high electrical conductivity.

10 December 2019

German Research Foundation honours Dr. Baptiste Gault with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award

9 December 2019Joe D'angelo

A new liquid-handling robotic system for synthesizing novel synthetic polymers can create up to 384 different polymers at once.

9 December 2019

plastic waste in seawater breaks down and dissolves into organic molecules much more quickly than expected when exposed to sunlight

6 December 2019Cordelia Sealy

highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells

5 December 2019Cordelia Sealy

Researchers have developed a new type of polymer gel that, while still highly porous and malleable, has a much more ordered structure.

2 December 2019

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