European plastic extrusion surges behind rising construction activity, bio-based polymer adoption, and machine automation.

Researchers utilize inexpensive materials to combine qualities that are rarely found together in manufactured products.

A team of researchers has successfully developed a unique kind of 3D-printed plastic, one that is both affordable and ...

A new type of 3D-printed plastic can easily be stretched, melted, and reformed, making it a perfect material for multiple ...

The tire industry is filled with change, from the smallest details in independent tire shops to the products, services and ...

Made from thermoplastic elastomer, the NEST Mattress delivers comparable pressure care benefits to traditional foam while ...

Through in-depth study of rheological properties of the elastomer materials, various elastomers with different refractive index can be integrated into a single fiber to obtain core-clad structured ...

Princeton engineers have developed a 3D printing technique for creating recyclable plastics with customizable flexibility and ...

Princeton engineers have developed an easily scalable 3D printing technique to manufacture soft plastics with programmed ...

Engineers can design the print path used by the 3D printer to program the plastic’s physical properties so that a device can ...

A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed. Made using a material called a liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE), a ...

A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed. Made using a material called a liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE), a ...