Polymer Synthesis Gets a Jolt of Caffeine (IMAGE) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Caption MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have devised a new way to create flexible polymer gels using caffeine as a catalyst. Credit Courtesy of the researchers Usage Restrictions Images for download are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.