A thorough understanding of the kinetics of crystallization facilitates the development of new polymer materials. Raman spectroscopy is very well suited to the study of property/structure/process ...

Engineers have developed a method inspired by the nacre of oyster shells, a composite material with extraordinary mechanical properties, including great strength and resilience. By changing the ...

In modern times, manufacturers produce highly specialized materials for a wide array of uses, called polymers. Polymers have a variety of purposes owing to their versatile properties, ranging from ...

Biodegradable thin films are environmentally friendly materials that have been successfully applied in a wide range of applications within the medical field including tissue engineering, surgical ...

The systematic pleating of polymer molecules in their crystallization, in segments of a length of the order of 100 Å, which depends on the crystallization temperature, is interpreted in terms of the ...

To convert polymers from raw materials into the final product, a processing stage is required that involves a molten state, commonly known as melt. The final product will normally be in a ...

Researchers have made new discoveries on the effects of temperature on sustainable polymers. Their findings may help the industry to produce plastics that are better for the environment. Researchers ...

Tau protein fibrillization mirrors polymer crystallization. The pathway taken as tau proteins form fibrils is very similar to the pathway taken by polymers as they crystallize. Tokyo, Japan – ...