Polymers that visibly change shape when exposed to temperature changes are nothing new. But a research team led by Chemical Engineering Professor Mitch Anthamatten at the University of Rochester ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 12 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of Rochester have invented at a polymer that changes shape when triggered by body temperature. The material could enable new and improved ...

Whether for separation processes, photovoltaics, catalysis, or electronics, porous polymer membranes are needed in many fields. Membranes with micropores that switch between different shapes and/or ...

Researchers have uncovered shape-memory properties in a commercially available polymer that’s widely used to make fuel-cell membranes. The polymer, Nafion, can take on four different shapes in ...

Imagine a world of shape-shifters. A surgeon inserts a small lump of plastic into an anesthetized patient and, like magic, it expands into a life-saving mesh tube that keeps a formerly clogged artery ...

Researchers have used shape memory polymers to provide greater insight into how cells sense and respond to their physical environment. A team led by James Henderson, assistant professor of biomedical ...

(Nanowerk News) The material developed by Anthamatten and graduate student Yuan Meng is a type of shape-memory polymer, which can be programmed to retain a temporary shape until it is ...

Smart materials don’t have brains, but they do have memories. These plastics and textiles can “remember” their shapes, metamorphosing under changing physical conditions and then reverting to their ...