Precipitation “on demand” – towards surfactant-free nanoparticles
Researchers from Germany introduce acid-triggered precipitation which facilitates the removal of surfactant fragments from nanoparticles simplifying the purification and enabling nanoparticle...
View ArticleIon-Gel Films for Organic Electronics
Ion-gels have possible applications in organic electronics due to their favorable electronic characteristics and good thermal and chemical stability.
View ArticleComing Unstuck: Versatile Heat-Reversible Adhesives for Debonding on Demand
Adhesives and glues are essential in a wide range of applications in modern life, from buildings to vehicles, and mobile devices to biomedical applications.
View ArticleUV and visible light cationic photoinitiators – an overview
There are many economic, environmental and production benefits related to using light as a trigger for processes.
View ArticleNew world record for polymer solar cells
Polymer solar cells could be cheaper and more reliable thanks to Swedish and Chinese researchers.
View ArticleLiquid Glass: Casting Glass like Cement
Workers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology introduce “Liquid Glass”,
View ArticleCasting light on a photocleavable monomer
Using light to mediate the polymerization offers unique advantages over conventional polymerization methods.
View ArticleShape-Shifting Polymer Circles in on Itself
New triblock copolymer micelles undergo controllable morphological changes from rod-like to toroidal.
View ArticleHow Polymers Can Heal Wounds
For the first time n-BG particles are used to investigate their haemostatic efficacy in wound healing applications.
View ArticleLighting up enzymatic drug release by FRET
A new generation of enzyme-responsive HPMA copolymer-drug conjugates employing a enzyme-sensitive oligopeptide linker was developed. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) was applied to...
View ArticleConductive Polymeric Biomaterials
Different mechanisms for imparting conductivity to non-conductive polymeric biomaterials are discussed in a review by Patton et. al.
View ArticlePolymer Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Therapy
A novel method for preparing biodegradable polyurethane nanoparticles that will actively recognize cancer cells.
View ArticleA Single Method for Nanofiber Ropes, Cables, and Coatings
A scalable method to produce polymer nanofibers in a variety of different morphologies is presented.
View ArticleMolecular Polymer Brushes in Nanomedicine
In a recent Talent article, Markus Müller highlights the diverse applications of molecular polymer brushes in nanomedicine.
View ArticleReal-Time Dynamic Hologram of a 3D Object with Fast Photochromic Molecules
Researchers have achieved the real-time dynamic holographic movie of a 3D object
View ArticleShaping Shape-Memory: Achieving active control of polymer shape
The Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics has published a special issue on shape-memory polymers.
View ArticleFord uses foam and plastic made from CO2
Ford is the first automaker to develop foams and plastics using captured CO2 for its vehicle lineup
View ArticleTargeting cancer with polymeric thioxanthones
Researchers successfully prepare polymeric thioxanthones, which were shown to be used as potential anticancer and radiotherapy agents.
View ArticlePlastic made from orange peel and CO2
Scientists from the University of Bayreuth produced a novel biobased raw material for a wide range of high-performance plastics
View ArticleA complete model of acrylamide polymerization
Scientists from Canada and Slovakia present an improved mechanistic description of acrylamide polymerization under industrially-relevant conditions
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