Engineering plastics such as PEEK and PEI have become indispensable materials in advanced manufacturing. Due to their ...

The manipulation of electronic polymers’ solid-state properties through processing is crucial in electronics and energy research. Yet, efficiently processing electronic polymer solutions into thin ...

Mechanoradicals are known to be sources of damage during polymer processing, and it remains challenging to stabilize, repair or utilize them. Recently, mechanoradicals formed during chain scission ...

Plastic and packaging stakeholders from processors to brands are fast-tracking the elimination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl, aka PFAS, in their products and materials as they shift to solutions ...

Extensional flows dominate many polymer processes, including blow molding, film blowing, fiber spinning, thermoforming and many others. The rheology of polymeric materials under extensional flows can ...

A team of international researchers has developed a new class of ultrathin polymer membranes that can rapidly and selectively ...

Auxiliary equipment maker Piovan SpA says it will acquire a number of selected assets from Germany-based Protec Polymer Processing GmbH. Protec went into administrative receivership in November 2022.

Residual moisture remains one of the most underestimated risks in plastics processing. Even small deviations can affect ...