Plastics, by and large, are well-understood materials. Not as strong as most metals, but often much lighter, these man-made polymers have found innumerable applications that have revolutionized the ...

Collaboration has led to the successful observation of these ultrafast electrons within conducting two-dimensional polymers. Professors Kimoon Kim and Ji Hoon Shim along with Dr. Yeonsang Lee from the ...

2D polymers are a novel class of nanomaterials that combine the structural features of polymers with the two-dimensional geometry of graphene and other 2D materials. These polymers consist of ...

In a recent paper published in Chem, researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology have developed conducting two-dimensional polymers with electron mobility comparable to graphene.

Two-dimensional polymers (or COFs) have shown promise as candidates for next-generation extreme strength materials as they combine the advantages of traditional Kevlar and more recent graphene-like ...

MIT researchers have developed a lightweight polymer film that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, raising the possibility that it could be used as a protective coating to prevent solar cells and ...

For decades, scientists have assumed no matter how strong or dense any plastic is, gas molecules will eventually slip through. A new “molecularly impermeable” plastic invented by a team of researchers ...

In a remarkable feat of chemistry, a Northwestern University-led research team has developed the first two-dimensional (2D) ...

Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, novel nanoscale material is incredibly strong and flexible. The interlocked material contains 100 trillion mechanical bonds per 1 square centimeter -- ...