Scratch testing is one of the methods that allow well defined characterization of scratch resistance of polymeric materials, both bulk and coatings such as paints. The scratch technique has therefore ...

Well-established regulations have been used worldwide to certify the mechanical characteristics of advanced materials like polymer nanocomposites across different industries. To establish a ...

However, they must be suitable for their intended use, regardless of whether they are functional or cosmetic. Their research, development, and quality control processes are heavily reliant on the ...

Details of their research was published in the journal Langmuir. The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the need for fast and reliable infectious disease testing in large numbers. Most testing done today ...

HSE researchers, jointly with colleagues from the RAN Institute of Organoelement Compounds and the RAN Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, have studied the properties of a ...

MHI ProGMA urges the safety barrier industry to adopt the ANSI MH31.2 standards, setting the benchmark for industrial safetyYORK, Pa., Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A-SAFE, the inventor and global ...

A little more than a decade after implantation, patients with mostly stable and unstable angina do similarly well no matter whether their drug-eluting stent did or did not have a polymer, according to ...

Summary: In this study the effects of biomimetic antifreeze polymers were investigated for their use as an alternative to traditional air entraining agents in concrete exposed to freeze-thaw ...