UVa researchers have developed a polymer that defies traditional trade-offs between stiffness and stretchability, enabling ...
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According to a study published in Advanced Functional Materials, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) ...
A new design by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science could solve the ...
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A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed.