In a breakthrough for nanoscience, polymer engineers have made such a mold for nanostructures that can shape liquid silicon out of an organic polymer material. This paves the way for perfect, 3-D, ...

Scientists turned to squeezed polymers and free radicals in a search for new energy sources. They found both promise and problems. The researchers demonstrated that radicals from compressed polymers ...

(Nanowerk News) Tatsuro Maeda and Taro Itatani, New Materials and Devices Integration Group, the Nanoelectronics Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed silicone-based stretchable polymer electrolyte. Developed by Empa researchers from ...

A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot—literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over moist, ...

ENGLEWOOD, CO / ACCESS Newswire / March 16, 2026 /Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWLG) ("The Company"), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit ...

One of the challenges in making new electronic devices is the chemistry required to assemble the layers that make up the device. In this research, a new synthetic chemistry approach produces ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Flexible electronics is a rising field in terms of research and potential application opportunities to obtain similar characteristics than today's prevailing rigid electronics ...

Silicon-containing arylacetylene polymers have emerged as a noteworthy class of high-performance materials owing to their unique combination of processability, chemical durability, and exceptional ...

Silicon is the understated hero of the modern world, found in everything from CPUs and medical implants to precious stones, window glass, and bakeware. But what makes silicon so special? Join us for ...

Using molds to shape things is as old as humanity. In the Bronze Age, the copper-tin alloy was melted and cast into weapons in ceramic molds. Today, injection and extrusion molding shape hot liquids ...