The structure of semi-crystalline polymers largely depends on how strongly their molecular chains are entangled. This has been shown in a new study by researchers from Martin Luther University ...

Conductive organic materials often derive their electronic properties from highly organized crystal structures. Now, researchers have developed an organic polymer that conducts electricity like a ...

Using scaling estimation we show that this effect occurs when, in the amorphous (non-crystalline) ... Nature Nanotechnology - Effect of supramolecular structure on polymer nanofibre elasticity.

An amorphous thermoplastic material has no specific molecular structure and is normally a solid, clear, stiff material with low shrinkage, for example, polystyrene. In comparison, a crystalline ...

Scientists have provided the first proof that amorphous materials, also known as soft glasses, deform and flow through a collective movement of their particles. These materials (which include ...

Investigations of the surface of a two-dimensional glass film have disclosed the atomic structure of amorphous and crystalline silica and the transition between the two forms. The materials research ...

Being able to see the atomic structure enabled the researchers to confirm that glass is structured as the Norwegian-American physicist William H. Zachariasen predicted back in 1932. Moreover, in ...

This material, known as amorphous ice, lacks regular ice’s highly ordered crystalline structure, leading scientists to categorize it as a glass — a liquid whose movement has slowed to a glacial pace.

This new Goldilocks version of amorphous ice is right in the middle, almost exactly matching liquid water's density, researchers explained in a new study published in the journal Science today ...