Polymer sheets of PDMS, PC, and TPU were prepared for each polymer with a thickness of no less than 0.5 mm, and these sheets were then cut into approximately 8 cm × 8 cm pieces. Several pieces of each ...

In addition to helping scientists understand how natural soft structures such as flower petals and embryos take shape, the technique could be used to make polymer actuators. These devices move in ...

Product Briefing Outline: Wacker is introducing ‘Tectosil,’ a silicone-based elastic polymer sheet, which is thermo-formable and therefore a fast and easy encapsulant process. Tectosil provides ...

Sheet molding compound (SMC) has had a long but not always happy history in the automotive industry. Championed as a lightweight replacement for steel semi-structural members and Class A exterior body ...

In this review, the development of low-molecular-weight gelators and polymer-based gelators is described. The driving forces for physical gelation are non-covalent bonds, such as hydrogen bonds, ...