The synthesis of a chiral polymer can be performed in chiral liquid crystals. It could be a model to understand asymmetric polymer synthesis in biology.
Stefano Tonzani
Entrepreneurship in materials interview: Chris Yakacki
Entrepreneurship in materials: interview with Chris Yakacki founder of shape memory polymer biomedical devices maker Medshape
SPEEK low sulfonation and filter
Wei Yang and co-workers at Tianjin University have developed a low-sulfonation SPEEK membrane for nanofiltration.
Core-shell particles for acoustic metamaterials by millifluidics
Wunenburger and coworkers at the University of Bordeaux and the CNRS have used millifluidics to create hard core-soft shell microparticles.
Outsourcing in Academia: the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials model
Interview with Joachim Kohn, director of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, on the center’s innovative model and research outsourcing.
Cleaner water through tunable catalysis
Switchable hydrogels simplify water purification through tunable catalysis.
Gluing bones with polyurethane hierarchical nanocomposites
A new bone adhesive made with polyurethane and hydroxiapatite hierarchical nanocomposites shows great mechanical strength and biocompatibility.
The Latest on Renewable Polymers
Biopolymers and renewably-sourced polymers special issue published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
High-performance polymer dielectrics for the electronics industry
High-contrast ratio, aqueous developable polymers developed for masking applications in electronics manufacturing.
More biocompatibility for polyurethane
Polyurethane can be made more biocompatible for medical devices by grafting chitosan on it.