Japanese researchers report a novel hetero-stereocomplex formation for isotactic (S)- and (R)-configured biodegradable polyesters.

Japanese researchers report a novel hetero-stereocomplex formation for isotactic (S)- and (R)-configured biodegradable polyesters.
Researchers demonstrate that the fluorescence of PDPA in solid film can be tuned by copolymerization of monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths.
Researchers have now quantified the effect of pressure on the atom-transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate.
Block copolymers based on azobenzene-containing homo-polyesters have been investigated for use in future data storage technology.
Researchers have proposed mechanisms by which radical chain ends migrate around the surface in RAFT polymerization.
A. Auer and co-workers have now shown the application of atomistic calculations to unravel the elementary steps of the novel twin-polymerization reaction.
Dielectric elastomer actuators are made stronger and more easily using a synthesis approach that doesn’t rely on pre-stretching the polymer.
A hydrogel that can tell good from bad: this material can distinguish between normal and pathological levels of urate, a salt related to gout arthritis.
A special issue in Macromolecular Rapid Communications has been dedicated to poly(2-oxazoline)s & related pseudo-polypeptides – a growing field of research.
John Texter (Eastern Michigan University) reviews in an authoritative and clear manner the rapidly growing field of anion recognition materials derived from imidazolium based polymers.