Thin-film polymer membranes have been very effective for industrial-scale desalination of seawater, but have not been used ...

Advancements in Polymer Brush Technology. Polymer brushes are thin layers of polymer chains chemically tethered to a surface at one end, allowing them to extend into the surrounding environments.

By varying the side-chain length of these brushes, they could fine-tune the melting temperatures, thus modulating swelling and wettability. The study mainly focused on P18MA and compared it to a ...

Development of Porous Swelling Copolymeric Bone Anchor for Orthopedic Applications. Thursday, August 15, 2024. 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. BIOMED PhD Thesis Defense ... The results of the swelling and ...

The hydrogel swells faster than it shrinks, while its rate of swelling slows even as the electrical current remains constant. The researchers say that these properties create a rudimentary sort of ...