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.

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global leader in polymer additive manufacturing enters the metal 3D printing sector, expanding its total addressable market through an investment and commercial agreement MINNETONKA, Minn. & REHOVOT, ...

Once plastic products are used and discarded, they can linger in oceans, collecting in large "garbage patches" and harming sea life. One potential solution, a biodegradable polymer called polylactide ...

Global leader in polymer additive manufacturing enters the metal 3D printing sector, expanding its total addressable market through an investment and commercial agreement Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) ...

Global leader in polymer additive manufacturing enters the metal 3D printing sector, expanding its total addressable market through an investment and commercial agreement The agreement brings ...