Many active functional materials derive their distinctive properties from tunable or switchable picometre-scale distortions of the bonds that connect the constituent atoms; these distortions in turn ...

What if we could invent materials that can repair themselves when damaged? Polymer molecules in various states – solid, melt, solution – are susceptible to covalent bond changes in response to ...

For much of the world, this past year was spent within the confines of our homes, undoubtedly blurring the lines between our public, professional, and private lives and transforming our living spaces ...