To design novel materials, scientists need to have a clear understanding of the chemical reactions or processes that take place when these materials are created. Researchers supported in part by the ...

Polymers are materials made out of long, repeating chains of molecules, and it is the interaction between these chains that dictates most of a polymer's physicochemical properties. In accordance with ...

Scientists have developed a new dye-free photoalignment method that enables 2-D patterns of liquid crystals in one step by guiding nonpolarized light temporally and spatially on the ...

New research uses light-induced molecular flow to produce heavier polymer chains with less energy. Working 3d printer A team of chemists and materials scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology ...

Perovskite quantum dots are among the most celebrated materials in modern nanoscience, prized for their brilliant ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to rapidly transform liquid monomers into solid polymers using light has been a transformative technology for over half a century. This process, known as ...

EPFL, a research university and engineering school in Lausanne, Switzerland, has researchers who developed a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel. This approach ...

We photopolymerize complex-shaped particles within glass cells consisting of a standard microscope slide and a 170 μm-thick coverslip, spaced by 50 μm-thick strips of Mylar films. The cell is ...

Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology explored how flow fields generated by dynamic UV lighting can affect the photopolymerization process, demonstrating a novel and versatile method for ...