Families can learn about the science of polymers at the free Polymer Palooza event on June 6 in downtown Akron. The event ...

For more than half a century, materials scientists have struggled with how to simulate the complexity of polymer materials. An individual chain can comprise tens of thousands of atoms, a melt or ...

Crude oil refining still relies heavily on thermal distillation, a process that separates hydrocarbons by repeated heating ...

These 'polymer alloy' composition changes have enabled the creation of materials with optimized toughness, processability, chemical resistance, and cost structures. Polymer blends and polymer alloys ...