Carbon nanomaterials offer formulators and designers of polymer composites additives that can boost mechanical strength. However, these improvements do not materialize as expected when such systems ...

(Nanowerk News) Hiroshi Shimizu and Li Yongjin from the Nanostructured Materials Group at the Nanotechnology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite that is capable of ...

Polymer materials offer cost-effective solutions in engineering, yet their limitations prompt research into nano-reinforced composites for improved performance.

Polymer blends let engineers “invent” new materials without inventing new polymers. But this is trickier than it first sounds: Most polymers don’t mix, so performance depends on controlling phase ...

Currently, composites are widely in use in various parts of the modern world such as constructions, nonwovens, textiles, and automobile industry. The interface in composites plays a fundamental role ...

One of the first applications where ATSP polymer is being considered is for a NASA-funded project involving rollable or foldable composites for deployable structures. In order to participate, late ...

Polymers are complex materials with flexible forms, widely varied compositions, and properties that change as the polymers interact with their environment over time. Structurally, polymers are large ...

The technical sessions on polymer synthesis and characterisation, rheology and processing of polymers, polymeric fibres, polymer blends, composites and nanocomposites were chaired by scientists and ...