WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- Polymers are used for myriad applications today, and perhaps the most important property that dictates which polymer is chosen for a given application is its "glass ...

Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) exhibit impressive stiffness and strength properties that are commonly attributed to the reinforcing fibers. However, for many important mechanical properties, the ...

Biaxially stretched poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films are currently the most widely used polymeric substrate material in the fields of display technologies ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2017 -- Glasses are not, perhaps surprisingly, technically solid in a crystalized form, but are substances frozen in a liquidlike structure. Many fundamental questions ...

Synchrotron-generated x-rays can be used to probe what happens when liquids solidify into disordered solids, a process that has puzzled physicists for decades ...

Glass transition temperature (T g) is usually measured in relation to material stiffness, or modulus, and may also be known as the principal relaxation. The glass transition temperature of a thermoset ...

Gain a better understanding about glass transition temperature (Tg) and why it is one of many factors to consider for bonding, sealing, coating and encapsulation applications. In this paper, we ...

KUWAIT, Aug 27 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has registered an unprecedented patent for measurement of glass transition temperatures of polymers. The US Patent and ...

Microscopically, glasses are solids that look more like liquids—they lack a regular crystalline structure. The liquid character is no accident, since a typical glass is made by cooling a fluid rapidly ...