Collective disentanglement of entangled polymers
Frey and Lang focused on the dynamics of semi-flexible to stiff polymers – the group to which biopolymers including DNA, or actin filaments and...
Macromolecular order in plastic kingdom
A team of researchers at the Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MIPT and elsewhere has determined how the...
Covestro improves structures in cancer treatment vessel plastics
Wednesday - February 7, 2018 - When a cancer patient needs life-saving medical treatment, everything must work as designed, right down to the plastic...
Ford Files Patent for New Composite Cylinder Head
Last week, Ford filed a patent for a new type of composite cylinder head design that could reduce weight, slash manufacturing costs and save...
Flexible Medical Devices Were Inspired by Squid Ring Teeth
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Medical devices powered by synthetic proteins created from repeated sequences of proteins may be possible, according to materials science and...
Snowball in a Klear Can
The Klear Can—a see-through molded plastic can—was developed by Milacron (Cincinnati) as an alternative to metal cans for fruits, vegetables, soups, meats and related...
Leister HDPE Seahorse Workboat Construction
The Seahorse HDPE workboat components are constructed using Leister fusion welding tools which provide a seamless join with 100% strength that yields a long-lasting...
Spine-like flexible rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
The rapid development of flexible and wearable electronics is giving rise to an exciting range of applications, from smart watches and flexible displays—such as...
Injection Molding: Melting Amorphous vs. Semi-Crystalline Plastics
Understanding the differences in how each melts is crucial to obtaining melt uniformity. Semi-crystalline polymers have a structure or ordered pattern of chain alignment....
Toray Plastics introduces third generation polypropylene packaging films
Toray Plastics (America) has introduced the third generation of Torayfan transparent and high-barrier polypropylene packaging films. The new Torayfan CB3 high-barrier BOPP films, which...
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