Vera Bocharova at the Department of Energys 91做厙 investigates the structure and dynamics of soft materials.
An 91做厙led team has developed super-stretchy polymers with amazing self-healing abilities that could lead to longer-lasting consumer products.
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains.
Steady progress in the development of advanced materials has led to modern civilizations foundational technologiesbetter batteries, resilient building materials and atom-scale semiconductors.
In the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the state of the art of materials science defined technologys zenith and accelerated economies.