Discover the power of hydrogel: researchers at Penn State mimic tissue behaviors using special hydrogels for potential ...

With growing health, environmental, and ecological concerns associated with petroleum-based materials, the development of functional materials from plant ...

Nature often demonstrates extraordinary ingenuity in material design, where structure dictates function. Examples include the ...

When shopping for a new pickleball paddle, you’ve probably come across terms like polymer core, honeycomb structure, ...

Ghent University researchers 3D print hydrogels - superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) - for radiation protection in space.

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.

A research team has developed a revolutionary two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal that overcomes major conductivity ...

An international research team has synthesized a multilayered two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal, achieving unique ...

Based on the interlocking structure of chainmail, this material has all the best parts of both solids and liquids.

BEIJING -- An international team of researchers has synthesized a multilayer-stacked two-dimensional polyaniline crystal, ...

Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

One of the simplest enol esters in nature can be turned into crosslinked structures that compete with petroleum plastics for ...