Copolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) with biobased Polyethylene 2,5-Furan dicarboxylate (PEF) presents a promising route to enhance material properties and increase biobased content of ...

“If you stretch Silly Putty for instance, it stretches horizontally, but it also shrinks in the other direction–it gets thinner. That’s what skin does as well,” he said.

Attributed to its strain-induced crystallization (SIC), natural rubber (NR) exhibits more excellent mechanical properties compared to other elastomeric materials and has been attracting numerous ...