Extrudate swell refers to the tendency of a polymer melt to expand in cross‐section on emerging from a die, a phenomenon driven by the recovery of elastic stresses accumulated during flow through the ...

This novel approach significantly reduces processing time from a week to just minutes, enabling high-throughput production of precision polymer nanomaterials. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the ...

Researchers at Koç University have developed a light-driven method to produce porous semiconducting polymers under ambient conditions without the need for metal catalysts. The study, led by Prof. Dr.

Thermally conductive polymer composites consist of fillers oriented in certain directions that form pathways for heat flow. However, conventional methods to control the orientation of these fillers ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking technique for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes, crucial components in batteries. A research team, led by Professor Seok Ju Kang in the School of ...

Polymeric materials are essential for our everyday lives. In the search for new functional materials, scientists have placed focus on polymers composed of rigid aromatic frameworks, displaying unique ...

An Efficient, Cost-Effective, Continuous Polymer Purification Method This continuous polymer precipitation system has the potential to revolutionize the way polymer solutions are purified, making the ...

The Natural Materials and Polymer Processing Group, is headed by Margaret C. Burns Chair in Engineering and Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Caroline Schauer. The NMPP group works ...

Polymer bearings incorporating a PTFE-based running surface were viewed as a step forward in scroll compressor performance when they were initially introduced around three decades ago. These polymer ...

Residual moisture remains one of the most underestimated risks in plastics processing. Even small deviations can affect ...