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Biosensing with Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites
So-called “biosensors” are sensors that detect or quantify biomolecules, such as glucose, proteins, or DNA. Biosensing has numerous potential applications in health care, food processing, and...
View ArticlePaper call: submit to a special Issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Call for papers The Journal of Applied Polymer Science is delighted to invite you to submit papers for a Special Issue on Green and Sustainable Polyurethanes for Advanced Applications Guest Editors: Dr...
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2016 Chemistry Nobel Prize: How Molecular Machines Benefit Polymer Science...
by David Bléger (Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Modern chemical designers are often inspired by Nature as well as by man-made objects – think of the classical analogy between...
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Polymer discs convert heat to electricity
Using organic materials in thermoelectric generators allows for a lightweight and inexpensive means to convert heat into electricity. Power is produced by converting temperature gradients into...
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Tackling challenges in siRNA delivery with designed oligoamides
Down regulation of gene expression promises exciting opportunities for medical applications by reducing the expression of defective or disease associated proteins. This knockdown can be achieved by...
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On the randomness and blockiness of copolymers
The study of random copolymers remains an open and interesting field of research, due in part to the sheer enormity of the number of possible sequences. Here a generic model of random block copolymers...
View ArticleAdvanced Optical Materials Top 5 – October 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors and sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
View ArticleFlexible Electronic Paper in Color
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have shown that so called plasmonic metasurfaces, ultrathin nanostructured solid materials, can be used for reflective color displays if...
View ArticlePolyphosphoesters: new trends in synthesis and drug delivery
Polyphosphoesters, with their unique features and diverse functionalities, hold tremendous potential to advance drugs carriers. Advanced synthetic tools to synthesize them efficiently and...
View ArticleHigh refractive index hyperbranched polymers
High refractive index (HRI) materials play an important role in optic-electronic devices. They can be widely applied as encapsulating materials to increase external quantum efficiency in OLED devices...
View ArticleLong-term subconjunctival delivery of brimonidine tartrate for glaucoma...
A long-term glaucoma treatment using drug-loaded double-polymer core-shell microspheres embedded in a porous removable carrier.
View ArticleNanogels for photothermal and photodynamic therapy
Marcelo Calderón and co-workers report on the design of a responsive nanogel system for a combined photothermal and photodynamic therapy of cancer. Based on a radical precipitation method, the near...
View ArticleInjectable hydrogels for precise chemotherapy
Recently, Dr. Wu and Dr. Loh have designed a biocompatible and injectable hydrogel based on thermogelling copolymer.
View ArticleStructure, Properties and Applications of Thermoelectric Polymers
Recent work on the Structure, Properties and Applications of Thermoelectric Polymers is presented in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science guest edited by Bryan Boudouris and...
View ArticleThe importance of kinetic modeling for understanding and designing RAFT...
Researchers from Belgium and Germany have investigated the impact of RAFT agent and reaction conditions on the RAFT polymerization rate and microstructural control.
View ArticleAnisotropic Scaffold for the Regeneration of Osteochondral Defects
A methacrylated hyaluronic acid scaffold with oriented pores perpendicular to the axial direction by an unidirectional freeze-drying method is reported.
View ArticleCore–Shell Hollow Fibers, Porous Fibers, and Thin Films from PMMA/PAN
Recently, a joint team demonstrated a comprehensive investigation focusing on the change of physical/chemical properties based on different morphologies.
View ArticleJournal of Polymer Science Innovation Award – call for nominations
Nominations open for the 2017 Journal of Polymer Science innovation award.
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