As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass. The ...

The overall objective of this work is to develop a novel methodology of surface modification, which can be broadly applied to polymer networks such as elastomer and hydrogel. Two types of ...

In a study published in Journal of Membrane Science, a research group led by Prof. WAN Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a new zone ...

Sodium secondary batteries have a similar working principle to lithium secondary batteries, but are low-cost and are expected to serve a powerful supplement to lithium secondary batteries. Solid-state ...

Congratulations to Dr. Mengyuan Wang for successfully defending her Ph.D thesis on "Study of Solid Liquid Interfacial Polymerization and applications on surfacemodification and thin film formation"!

A new type of porous, inorganic membrane can separate compounds with molecular weights that range from 200 to 1,000. The material could be used to replace energy-intensive separations like ...

Sodium secondary batteries exhibit an identical functioning principle to lithium secondary batteries, but they come at a lower price and are expected to function as a potential complement to lithium ...

A research team from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of Prof. Yinhua Wan, has created a novel “etching–swelling–planting” technique to ...

The importance of crude oil cannot be overstated in modern life. It powers vehicles, heats homes, and fuels industries. Yet this process is one of the planet’s largest energy drains. Roughly 1 percent ...