CHICAGO, IL—New-generation DES provide better clinical outcomes than earlier devices over 10 years of follow-up, results from the ISAR-TEST 4 trial confirm, but a potential late added benefit of using ...

Direct surface modification of polymer fibers and films by surface-initiated polymerizations has been investigated. The introduction of initiating sites on the polymer materials and successive ...

Scientists have created a novel thermoresponsive polymer by adding divalent cations to polymers and water solvents. They also succeeded in controlling thermoresponsive properties by changing the type ...

Fish and other types of seafood not only provide people with nutrition but also with doses of tiny plastic particles, or microplastics. A new study reveals just how much and what types of ...

Carbon nanomaterials offer formulators and designers of polymer composites additives that can boost mechanical strength. However, these improvements do not materialize as expected when such systems ...