Engineering the Impossible: Scientists Solve 200-Year-Old Polymer Puzzle
UVa researchers have developed a polymer that defies traditional trade-offs between stiffness and stretchability, enabling ...
Team solves a nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers to offer independent control of ...
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new polymer design that ...
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Compounding and Vulcanization of Rubber
Compounding virgin rubber involves melting the rubber into pliable sheets and then incorporating ingredients, such as peroxides, petroleum oils, and wax, into the virgin rubbers or polymers. Peroxides ...
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In major materials breakthrough, team solves a nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers
Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice ...
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New discovery could rewrite the textbook on polymer engineering
A new design by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science could solve the ...
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New polymer design breaks 200-year-old barrier, stretches 40x without losing strength
These "foldable bottlebrush polymer networks" could pave the way for materials that are both robust and highly flexible.
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The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia
The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the ...