(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — For decades, field-effect transistors enabled by silicon-based semiconductors have powered the electronics revolution. But in recent years, manufacturers have come up against ...

Engineers have flipped the picture of the standard polymer insulator, by fabricating thin polymer films that conduct heat -- an ability normally associated with metals. In experiments, they found the ...

Researchers have synthesized a conducting polymer, polyaniline, exhibiting perfect diamagnetic properties, which eliminate external magnetic fields within the material. These properties are typically ...

A multi-disciplinary team of MIT engineers developed a technique to convert polymer plastic from a non-thermal conducting material into a thermal conductor. In another example of multi-disciplinary ...

New workholding systems ditch hydraulics and better regulate clamping forces. New workholding systems ditch hydraulics and better regulate clamping forces. Electricity heats the T-Vise's ...

Polypyrrole, poly(phenylacetylene), poly(p-phenylene sulfide), poly(p-phenylene), polythiophene, polyfuran, polyaniline, polycarboxylate, and its derivatives are some ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--A powerful one-step, "chain growth" method should make it easier to design and synthesize a variety of highly conductive polymers for different research and commercial applications, ...

3D printing, an additive manufacturing (AM) technique, has the potential to revolutionize how we produce objects that we want and need in the modern world. Among other developments, innovations in ...

With efficiencies continually improving, polymer solar-cell technology is now leaving the lab and entering the marketplace. Many challenges remain, however, including the development of reliable ...