Finding the next groundbreaking polymer is always a challenge, but now researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to shape and transform the future of the field. Nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. These ...

Polymers are part of nearly everything we use, from packaging and cars to electronics and sustainable materials. In this eBook, experts share how new ways of characterizing and processing polymers are ...

Dr. Zhe Qiang, an associate professor in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Southern ...

Inspired by investment software, a novel approach at UChicago PME helps AI and humans work together to create futuristic ...

Scientists have created a novel thermoresponsive polymer by adding divalent cations to polymers and water solvents. They also succeeded in controlling thermoresponsive properties by changing the type ...

Award-winning associate professor Emily Pentzer, Editor-in-Chief of RSC Applied Polymers, shares advice for authors.

Baiqiang Huang (left), a Ph.D. student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia, with UVA assistant professor Liheng Cai. Researchers at the University of ...

Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a transformative tool in polymer science, enabling researchers to predict material properties and guide polymer design with unprecedented speed and precision.

Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a "smart" polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D printing and repairs simpler, safer and more energy-efficient with materials whose ...

Semiconducting polymer nanomaterials are advanced π-conjugated polymers with alternating double and single bonds, which allow for π-electron delocalization and intermolecular π−π interactions. Unlike ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...