Polymers and soft materials news, October 2021

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Mussel glue could inspire new surgical adhesives

Understanding how the mechanism by which mussels produce their glue

Researchers get in a tangle developing stiff and tough elastomers

By developing a way to highly entangle polymer chains, researchers have managed to produce an elastomer that is both stiff and tough.

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Colloidal crystals lose color as the temperature rises

Colloidal crystals that mimic the nanostructure of opals can visibly and continuously document the temperature in the environment over a defined period.

New measurements reveal complex conductivity of carbon fibers

A new measurement technique has revealed that a single carbon fiber is more electrically conductive in the direction parallel to its length.