AMHERST, Mass. – New research, recently published in Science Advances, unveils a process for counting the number of strength-enabling entanglements in glassy polymers—which are used widely in an ...

Like Lego bricks or spaghetti, composites modeling is about scale, ingredients and fitting the right blocks together. Sure, they’re mixed metaphors — but just as modeling is a close estimate of ...

Research headed by Antonia Statt, professor in Engineering, provides insight into the different variabilities of stress-responsive polymers and an opportunity for students to gain research experience.

Two physicists from the University of Warwick have taken to the kitchen to explain the complexity surrounding what they say is one of the last big mysteries in polymer physics. As a way of ...

(Nanowerk News) Polymers are usually the go-to material for thermal insulation. Think of a silicone oven mitt, or a Styrofoam coffee cup, both manufactured from polymer materials that are excellent at ...

(Nanowerk News) New research, recently published in Science Advances ("Load-bearing entanglements in polymer glasses"), unveils a process for counting the number of strength-enabling entanglements in ...