by Kaitlyn Landram, Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling ‘Associating Polymers’: When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental properties can degrade due to damage caused by deformation. Recycling processes tend to break molecular bonds inside the materials, making them weaker and less durable. One way that plastics can … Continue reading Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling ‘Associating Polymers’