In a recent study published in the journal National Science Review, scientists from Nanjing University and Nanjing Medical University successfully created an artificial muscle with mechanical ...

Abstract: Oxygen sensing structures were generated by two-photon microfabrication. By copolymerizing metalloporphyrins with a two-photon (2P) photo-initiated polymer, oxygen sensors were patterned ...

Bottlebrush random copolymers (BRCPs), consisting of a random distribution of two homopolymer chains along a backbone, can segregate to the interface between two immiscible homopolymers. BRCPs undergo ...

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel is favored by researchers due to its good biocompatibility, high mechanical strength, low friction coefficient, and suitable water content. The widely distributed ...

Ionic liquids (ILs) have turned out to be one of the best choices to fabricate mixed-mode stationary phases, this work aimed to investigate the possibility and merit of copolymerizing cations and ...

Vegetable-oils-based pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are being developed as a substitute for petrochemical-based PSAs for application in daily life. However, vegetable-oils-based PSAs face the ...

Sharp, cooperative, switch-like transitions are key in biological regulation. A textbook example is the sensitivity of the binding of oxygen onto hemoglobin. It is generally assumed that only complex ...

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China Developing degradable and self-healable elastomers composed of ...