In a remarkable feat of chemistry, a Northwestern University-led research team has developed the first two-dimensional (2D) ...

In an exciting twist, researchers at Northwestern University have come up with a new material that might just give ...

Northwestern University researchers have achieved a groundbreaking development in materials science with the creation of a ...

A team of Northwestern University researchers has developed what it claims is the first 2D mechanically interlocked material, ...

The material, called 2DPA-1, “self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains,” the university said. “Until now, scientists had believed it was ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking new material inspired by chainmail, and it could change the future of armor. A ...

Researchers unveiled a super-strong nanoscale material made from the first two-dimensional mechanically interlocked polymers.

You’ve got rigid materials that change their shape ... we love the results of working with electro-active polymers. These are sheets of plastic that can flex by contracting in one direction ...

A groundbreaking 2D polymer could give a new meaning to body armor and ballistic fabrics with its unbeatable strength and flexibility.

Within the polymer sheets, the ends of the X-shaped monomers ... Dichtel’s team also found the new material can be produced in large quantities. Previous polymers containing mechanical bonds ...