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Most glues don’t work at super low temperatures, since they become rigid and brittle when frozen. So these chemists made a polymer that stays flexible, even in liquid nitrogen, allowing it to bond to surfaces when very cold. This new adhesive could be useful in aerospace and polar environments. And as a bonus, potential failures are easy to detect because it glows under UV light at low temperature!
#glue #experiment #chemistry #research #science
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01430
(Corresponding author: Ruoyu Zhang, Ph.D.)
Video credits:
Written and produced by Anne Hylden
Produced by Andrew Sobey and Kerri Jansen
Edited and animated by Darren Weaver
Narrated by Allison Tau
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Research videos from Lijing Han, Ph.D. and Jiacheng Xu
Additional video: NASA, Getty, Shutterstock
Music: “Three Rivers (Instrumental)” by Fade - from iStock and Triple Scoop Music
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Most glues don’t work at super low temperatures, since they become rigid and brittle when frozen. So these chemists made a polymer that stays flexible, even in liquid nitrogen, allowing it to bond to surfaces when very cold. This new adhesive could be useful in aerospace and polar environments. And as a bonus, potential failures are easy to detect because it glows under UV light at low temperature!
#glue #experiment #chemistry #research #science
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01430
(Corresponding author: Ruoyu Zhang, Ph.D.)
Video credits:
Written and produced by Anne Hylden
Produced by Andrew Sobey and Kerri Jansen
Edited and animated by Darren Weaver
Narrated by Allison Tau
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Research videos from Lijing Han, Ph.D. and Jiacheng Xu
Additional video: NASA, Getty, Shutterstock
Music: “Three Rivers (Instrumental)” by Fade - from iStock and Triple Scoop Music
Produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of the world’s largest scientific societies. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.
Join the #AmericanChemicalSociety! bit.ly/Join_ACS
