Researchers have designed a family of elastomers that can be stretched by up to 1100 percent and are well-suited for flexible electronics and soft robots.
It's not just about hackers stealing designs. New research shows that 3D-printed products can be tampered with to create counterfeits and undetectable, devastating flaws.
Chemists at MIT having developed a method that allows for new polymers—which alter the original material’s chemical composition and mechanical properties—to be added after a polymer object is printed.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have used chitin—an organic compound extracted from shrimp shells—to develop chitosan, a bioplastic material for plastic packaging and bags.
