Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, on the occasion of Prof. Minoru Terano’s 60th birthday, has published a special issue on the continuing innovation in polyolefin catalysis and materials.
Polymer Science
Efficient Electron Transport in a Semiconducting Copolymer
Hopping of localized, intrachain polarons leads to high charge carrier mobilities in a donor acceptor type conjugated copolymer.
Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award Presented to Brent Sumerlin
At the 2014 ACS Fall meeting in San Francisco, Brent Sumerlin receives the Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award and a symposium in his honor
Overcoming clinical complications of vascular prostheses
Electrospinning and plasma polymerization are combined to provide vascular graft scaffolds that are mechanically compliant and biocompatible.
Book review: Handbook of Polymer Crystallization
Professor Shouke Yan, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, reviews this work in experimental and theoretical polymer science.
Smart linear-dendritic block copolymers
New copolymers combine linear and dendritic structures in the same macromolecule: both blocks can be exploited to achieve excellent functionalities.
Book review: Modelling Drying Processes – A Reaction Engineering Approach
Dr. Ching Lik Hii of the University of Nottingham reviews Modelling Drying Processes: A Reaction Engineering Approach by Xiao Dong Chen and Aditya Putranto.
Producing stable polymers through hydrothermal synthesis
Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology create organic materials with remarkable properties under conditions of extreme heat and pressure.
From mathematical process models to industrial polymer production
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering has published a special issue on mathematical tools and approaches for polymerization reaction engineering.
Enhanced oil recovery with polymer-coated nanoparticles
Recent research into the use of polymer-coated nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery is reviewed in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
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