Researchers have used a three-dimensional printer to create polymer structures that change color when stretched (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, DOI: 10.1021/am506745m). The 3-D printing approach ...

π-Conjugated aromatic polymers have attracted much interest due to their semi-conducting and luminescent properties, and are therefore regarded as promising materials for next-generation ...

Polymer gels are three-dimensional cross-linked polymer networks swollen in solvents. They are soft and capable of large deformations, with the network of long polymer molecules holding the solvent in ...

Cracks in polymer coatings and composites can lead to faster degradation of the underlying substrates or a reduction in the mechanical performance of the composite over time. In the case of ...