Researches from Pittsburgh present their latest advances towards the characterizations of three-dimensionally ordered macroporous hydrogels.
Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage exceeding 1 V
Enhanced performance in polymer solar cells is achieved using a linked-acceptor type conjugated polymer.
Polymer-based infection diagnostics
German researchers have developed dual enzyme-responsive polymeric capsules for bacterial enzyme sensing.
A Pandora's Box of New Materials – Metallopolymers
A recent issue in Macromolecular Rapid Communications is dedicated to this ever growing field of material science.
Enhanced Light Harvesting in Polymer Solar Cells
Enhanced light harvesting for polymer solar cells via ladder-type polymer donors.
Fluoroelastomers: click to crosslink
Azide–nitrile cycloaddition is used to make stronger crosslinked fluoroelastomers.
Aminobisphosphonates via Multicomponent Reactions
Functional polymers containing aminobisphosphonates are synthesized using controlled radical polymerization and post-polymerization multicomponent reactions.
Bidirectional shape-memory effect at human body temperature
Researchers from Teltow (Germany) managed to shift the switching temperature of the reversible bidirectional shape-memory effect to the physiological range.
Metallophilic crosslinking: a silver bullet for self-healing polyurethanes
Researchers at IK4-CIDETEC report a new, isocyanate-free synthesis of self-healing polyurethanes using a metallophilic crosslinking method.
CMP aerogels for oil cleanup
Fluorosurfactant-directed preparation of conjugated microporous polymer (CMP) aerogels for oil cleanup and gas sorption.