Researchers from Teltow (Germany) managed to shift the switching temperature of the reversible bidirectional shape-memory effect to the physiological range.
Kirsten Severing
With rose petals to stretchable electronics
The use of natural substrates as masters to create elastomeric replicas for stretchable electronic devices is demonstrated.
A supramolecular method to tune the LCST behavior of a thermoresponsive polymer
Researchers from Hangzhou, China present a supramolecular method to tune the LCST behavior of a thermoresponsive polymer using pillar[n]arenes.
A promising anode candidate for the next generation lithium-ion batteries
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University report on a red phosphorus-graphene nanosheet hybrid as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries.
Happy Birthday, Rolf Mülhaupt!
Macromolecular Rapid Communications dedicates a special issue to the 60th anniversary of an outstanding scientist.
Advanced Science – Top Science with Maximum Accessibility
Wiley has launched a new interdisciplinary fully open access journal called Advanced Science.
Photo-induced anomalous deformation of PNIPAM gels
PNIPA gels are hybridized with uniaxially aligned inorganic liquid crystalline nanosheet and adsorbed with a dye deform anisotropically by photo-irradiation.
A new trick from liquid crystalline elastomers – responsive cell culture scaffolds
Biocompatible, biodegradable and porous LC elastomers were used as viable, soft scaffolds for cell growth and proliferation in a spatial (3D) fashion.
Advances in glycerol polymers
Glycerol polymers represent a major opportunity for replacing or complementing the current polymers used in the biomedical market.
A novel tool for microstructure separation in rubber compounds
For the first time thermal field-flow fractionation has been shown to be selective towards polymer microstructure.