Researchers from the University of Akron provide an early picture of a unified understanding of dynamic interfaces in nanostructured polymeric materials.
Mara Staffilani
Unusual Emitting Nanocomposites
Researchers have recently used blue-light emitting quantum dots (QDs) and stilbene units to prepare nanocomposites with unusual fluorescence behavior.
Dendrimers – Time to Meet the Expectations
Catia Ornelas highlights recent advances in dendrimer chemistry, and provides a critical discussion about limitations of and expectations on these systems.
Versatile Protein Nanogels
Zhen Gu at Joint UNC/NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering gives an overview of the recent advances in protein nanogels for biomedical applications
Towards economic conjugated polymers
Hu’s group at SCUT investigate alkyne-based multicomponent polymerization to afford polymers from three or more kinds of monomers in a one-pot procedure.
Board’s Choice: Branched Acrylate, Reaction Mechanisms, Hydrogels
The advisory board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics provides you with a selection of the best papers published in the journal in 2015.
Just Antimicrobial is not Enough
Lienkamp and coworkers propose polymer surfaces with antimicrobial and antifouling functionalities designed to fight biofilm formation in medical devices.
Tuning color – better organic light emitters
Researchers have recently prepared zinc (II) metallopolymers with effective emission color tuning from blue to red, suitable for photonic devices.
No Apparent Correlation for Branched Acrylates
Barner-Kowollik (KIT) and his research group investigate possible kinetic trends and family-type behavior within a series of branched acrylates
Easy strategies toward mononodispersity
Solid-phase chemistry is a powerful tool for the synthesis of monodisperse sequence-defined polymers. Lutz and coworkers discuss pros and cons.