As this polymer network is stretched, weaker crosslinking bonds (blue) break more easily than any of the strong polymer strands, making it more difficult for a crack to propagate through the material.

(Nanowerk News) By adding semiconducting nanoparticles to polymers, the Materials + Technologies Research Group (GMT) of the Polytechnical College of San Sebastian of the UPV/EHU-University of the ...

The University of Akron is adding a bachelor's degree in polymer science and polymer engineering, the first to be offered at a public university in Ohio. Polymer programs at Akron have historically ...

The Charlotte, N.C.-based Polymers Center of Excellence installed its sixth extrusion line and is planning a 12,000-square-foot addition as it adds capabilities and capacity for instruction, research ...

Grapevine, Texas — Kal-Polymers Inc. is in the midst of adding 50 million pounds of processing capacity, split between two plastic recycling plants in the United States and Canada. The company, which ...

image: (From left) Postdoctoral research associate Diego Alzate Sanchez, Beckman Institute director Jeffrey Moore, associate professor of mechanical science and engineering Mariana Kersh, and UIUC ...