Organizers: Innoplast Solutions The theme for this year’s 2-day conference on “Polymeric IMPLANTS & CATHETERS in Medical Devices” is to bring the participants up to speed on the newest trends and ...

Polymer materials play a vital role in today's medicine. While many applications demand for long-lasting devices, others benefit from materials that disintegrate once their job is done. The design of ...

Researchers have used a three-dimensional printer to create polymer structures that change color when stretched (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, DOI: 10.1021/am506745m). The 3-D printing approach ...

New light has been shed on solar power generation using devices made with polymers. Researchers identified a new polymer -- a type of large molecule that forms plastics and other familiar materials -- ...

The latest novel stent technology to square off against the industry standard has met the bar set by the PIONEER III trial for noninferiority, but whether the new device—this one with a “supreme ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Conjugated polymer based organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices have been the subject of increasing research interest over the past years due to their potential of being light weight, ...

Reducing healthcare costs is an often-heard battle cry in today’s global economy and is a strong motivator for the move from traditional surgical techniques to less-invasive vascular interventions.

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Despite the use of increasingly accurate computer simulation, wind-tunnel testing is still required to measure pressure changes and airflow speeds on the surfaces of new aircraft and car prototypes.