In addition to helping scientists understand how natural soft structures such as flower petals and embryos take shape, the technique could be used to make polymer actuators. These devices move in ...

When the petal of a flower is being formed, its shape is achieved by cells in one area expanding more than cells in an adjacent area. This uneven expansion causes the material to buckle, creating the ...

Borated Polymer Sheet Market to hit US$ 1.3 Bn by 2035, growing at 6.8% CAGR, driven by rising demand in radiation shielding and nuclear safety applications. WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, August 29, ...

Polymer sheets of PDMS, PC, and TPU were prepared for each polymer with a thickness of no less than 0.5 mm, and these sheets were then cut into approximately 8 cm × 8 cm pieces. Several pieces of each ...

Polymers, such as plastic and synthetic textiles, are very useful technological commodities that have revolutionized daily life and industries. A research team has successfully pushed the frontier of ...

Researchers at Fraunhofer Umsicht (Fraunhofer institute for environmental, safety and energy technology) have developed a ‘bipolar plate’ (explained below) for bipolar construction batteries (ditto) ...