Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, known for extreme durability. Their "crosslinked polymer" chemical structure ...

A team of materials scientists and engineers at ETH Zurich has developed a light-triggered chemical process for breaking down certain polymers into their constituent monomers. The paper is published ...

One of the most promising types of batteries being developed is the rechargeable aluminum battery (AlB). This is built using one of the most abundant, inexpensive and recyclable metals available today ...

Accurate monitoring of nanoparticle size and growth is essential to ensure scalability in the development of transfection vectors for gene delivery. This study highlights how Spatially Resolved-DLS ...

A persistent challenge in research and development (R&D) is the "Valley of Death", which illustrates the critical gap between basic research and the commercialization of a product or technology. This ...