Advanced fibers revolutionized structural materials in the second half of the 20th century.
However, all high-strength fibers developed to date are brittle. Recently, pioneering …

Improvements in the mechanical performance of biodegradable plastics are required to
facilitate replacement of commodity plastics as part of a global push for the use of more …

Stiff, strong and tough ultrafine polyethylene fibers that rival the best high performance
fibers, but with diameters less than one micron, are fabricated for the first time by “gel …

We report a convenient bifunctional diazirine reagent that is capable of photochemically
modifying inert polymers, particularly those used in fibers and textiles for ballistics and blast …

Temperature effects on deformation behaviors of extracted ultrahigh molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE) precursor fibers are studied with the in situ synchrotron radiation …

Advancements in processing techniques have facilitated the development of a series of
unique high-performance DuPont™ Kevlar® fibers. Directly characterizing interior structures …

The pre-stretched gel-spinning ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers with low
concentration solution obtained from industrial production line were used to study the …

Thermal conductivity of drawn polyethylene (PE) fibers has been extensively studied, while
thermal conductivity for the stretched PE sheets still remains unknown. In addition, no …

We investigate the molecular features of high-performance gel-spun ultrahigh-molecular-
weight polyethylene UHMWPE fibers (SK75, invented and manufactured by DSM) and …

It has been well known that increasing the molecular weight of ultra-high weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE) has a positive effect on obtaining high-strength fibers, but the …