Peter J. Roth shows that postpolymerization modification reactions allow to compose well-defined stimulus-responsive materials.
Polymer Science
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A team from the University of Groningen have published research on the enzymatic synthesis of glycosidic polysaccharide analogs and their characterization.
One-pot multicomponent system: Incorporating organic reactions into controlled polymerization
Lei Tao demonstrates the opportunities provided by one-pot multicomponent systems for the synthesis of functional polymeric materials.
The limits of applicability of the Mayo-Lewis equation in radical copolymerizations
Saldívar-Guerra, Hutchinson, and Matyjaszewski investigate the mechanisms governing the properties of polymeric materials and their application performance.
From Galileo to present day modeling of polymerization reactions
Macromolecular Theory and Simulations has published a special issue on the modeling and simulation of complex polymerization reactions.
Outdoor operational stability of polymer solar modules
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DSX series gains international recognition at design awards
Olympus is commended for the precise and contemporary design of its intuitive and easy-to-use, non-contact opto-digital microscope systems for materials science applications.
Happy 60th birthday, Prof. Grigoriy A. Mun!
Dr Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy of the University of Reading looks back on the career to date of his friend and mentor Prof. Grigoriy A. Mun.
Switched on when needed – the word of latent catalysts
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Chemical modification of polymers – from vulcanization to controlled degradation
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