News tagged with liquid polymer
Spinning at the nanoscale: Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power, more
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In his office, MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge keeps a small piece of fabric that at first glance resembles a Kleenex. This tissue-like material, softer than silk, is composed of fibers ...
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Nanoparticles Double Their Chances of Getting Into Sticky Situations
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry researchers at the University of Warwick have found that tiny nanoparticles could be twice as likely to stick to the interface of two non mixing liquids than previously believed. ...
Chemists make liquid protein
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first known example of a liquid protein has been made by chemists at the University of Bristol opening up the possibility of a number of medical and industrial applications including high-potency ...
Molten Proteins: Surface-modified liquid protein with liquid-crystalline properties
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins are solids. When heated they do not melt; instead, they decompose or sublime directly to the gas phase at low pressures. They cannot be converted into a liquid form unless they are dissolved in a ...
A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) have developed an entirely new method for starting chemical reactions. For the first time they used mechanical forces to control catalytic ...
A Wafer of Polyethylene: Ultrathin polyethylene films made of nanocrystals
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Layers of plastic, much thinner than a strand of hair—this type of ultrathin polymer film is of great interest to scientists and engineers. Applications include protective coatings, for example. A research ...
Theory predicts aging process in DVDs, plexiglas, other polymer glasses
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Polymer glasses are versatile plastics widely used in applications ranging from aircraft windshields to DVDs. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a theory that predicts how these materials age. The theory ...
Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have fabricated ...
Scientists show how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
Gel undergoes Peristalsis
Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large or small, machine parts only move when controlled by an external impulse. Biological systems, on the other hand, are capable of autonomous movements that continuously follow their own rhythms and spatial ...
New method for the production of defined microparticles with 3-D nanopatterns
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Many scientists are working feverishly to develop reliable but simple methods for the production of tiny particles with defined size and shape that are covered with special regular patterns in two or three dimensions and ...
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