Thermosets are durable plastics that can hold their shape indefinitely—but that makes them notoriously difficult to recycle. A new, degradable thermoplastic made by researchers at the Massachusetts ...

Modern polymer materials face a fundamental challenge: they must remain strong and durable during use, yet ideally degrade when they are no longer needed. Designing materials that satisfy both ...

Efficient biological signal transmission can be achieved with the use of implantable bioelectrodes. Metal-based bioelectrodes are associated with tissue inflammation, inefficient signal transduction, ...

A metabolic engineering research team has newly suggested a molecular mechanism showing superior degradability of poly ethylene terephthalate (PET). This is the first report to simultaneously ...

Skin-inspired materials that bend and flex have myriad potential applications for medical devices and consumer electronics. But the ability of these materials to degrade has not been paired with good ...

These results further illustrate the finding that degradability is important, though a larger stiffness range would rule out a potential mechanical effect in this system. As a third material system, ...

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We now know that clots formed in the presence of low thrombin concentrations are composed of thick fibrin fibers highly susceptible to fibrinolysis, while clots formed in the presence of high thrombin ...