The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Polymer Science
Molecular design improves polymer solar cell performance
Yang et al. present a new method to tune the HOMO level of a TT-based polymer for higher efficiency polymer solar cells.
Optimal strategies for product-by-process materials
Spanish researchers review the knowledge-based production of waterborne hybrid polymer materials
Non-Toxic and Efficient: New Developments for Polymer Solar Cells
A team of US and Chinese scientists has demonstrated a new, nonhalogenated solvent system to produce high performance polymer solar cells.
Industrial and academic research for a growing industry: Polymer Reaction Engineering in China
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering presents recent trends in the Chinese polymer production industry and its joint projects, guest-edited by Shiping Zhu.
Fuel cell water highways paved by electron radiation grafting
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a coating technique that improves water management in fuel cells, thus raising their efficiency.
Polypept(o)ides: hybrid materials with promising applications in nanomedicine
Matthias Barz and Kristina Klinker provide a first overview concerning the work on polypept(o)ides.
Submit to a Special Issue Dedicated to Richard P. Wool on Sustainable Polymers and Polymer Science
Submit a paper to the forthcoming Special Issue of the J. Appl. Polym. Sci. on Sustainable Polymers & Polymer Science: Dedicated to Richard P. Wool.
Custom Fit: Self-Wrapping 3D Electronics
A team of researchers at Stanford University has developed shape-controlled, self-wrapping electronics based on carbon nanotubes.
Anti-fouling hybrid polymer coatings
Anti-fouling zwitterionic coatings were successfully prepared by a surface Kabachnik-Fields reaction and subsequent deprotection of phosphonate groups.
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