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Ring-shaped polymer solidifies into glass, offering potential for sustainable materials

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation snapshots of a single ring polymer conformation obtained from a dense melt with N = 1,600 for the four indicated values ​​of bending energy. Different colors indicate different parts of the same ring. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403964121 When a spider spins a web, the thread starts out as a…