From clean water and healthcare to infrastructure, energy storage and sustainability, society needs innovative material ...

Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for stiffness. Researchers at the University of Virginia ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can't last forever. But our group of materials ...

Machine learning (ML) models train on existing material-property data to predict these desired outcomes. Additionally, the team can generate new polymers, whose properties are forecasted with ML ...

The structure of semi-crystalline polymers largely depends on how strongly their molecular chains are entangled. Following numerous experiments, researchers developed a new model to predict the ...

The ACS GCI Natural Polymers Consortium (NPC) is a group committed to exploring the utilization of natural polymers to accelerate the development of more sustainable functional materials. Launched in ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have demonstrated a possible new avenue for developing flame-retardant and ...

We are pleased to announce the winners of Rising Stars in Polymer Science 2023 as young influential. Polymer Journal has been enriched by the complex of wonderfully talented and diverse groups of ...

Polymer property prediction is a critical task in polymer science. Conventional approaches typically rely on a single data modality or a limited set of modalities, which constrains both predictive ...

A recent study in Nature Communications explores a novel approach to self-healing in polymer glasses—using controlled oscillatory movements to boost molecular mobility and repair cracks. This ...

The synthesis of 2D material polymers represents a groundbreaking approach in materials science, offering a diverse range of applications in various industries. These composite materials combine the ...

Exothermic Molding, Inc. (www.exothermic.com), a key partner, has leveraged NEOZANT™’s fire-retardant properties for JBT’s (www.jbtc.com) new line of autonomous vehicle tops and fronts, ensuring ...