Researchers from the Princeton University show that the glass transition temperature of norbornene polymers can be raised drastically by adding a phenyl side group.
Polymer Science
Plastics Become Heat Conductors by Lamellar Crystal Alignment
Thermally conductive thermoplastics have attracted attention as heat dissipative materials for a vast number of electronic devices. S. Yoshihara and coworkers (Kaneka Corporation, Japan) now report that thermoplastics exhibit high thermal conductivity by lamellar crystal alignment.
Two in One – Polymers With Two Different Organometallic Cores
Canadian researchers now synthesized polymers that contain two different organometallic cores by post modification of organoiron poly(alkynyl methacrylates) with dicobalt hexacarbonyl.
Unexpected Pressure Dependence for Iron-Mediated ATRP
Unlike Cu-mediated systems, high pressure reduces the equilibrium constant for iron-mediated atom-transfer radical polymerizations.
Recent Highlights in Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Read now for free the editor’s choice of recent feature and review articles in Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
Book Review: Applied Polymer Rheology
Manfred Wilhelm and Roland Kadar of KIT review Applied Polymer Rheology: Polymeric Fluids with Industrial Applications edited by Marianna Kontopoulou.
Snowballing Radical Generation
Klaus Tauer and co-workers (Golm, Germany) report the discovery of an unusually rapid and high-yielding emulsion polymerization reaction that does not follow zero-one kinetics.
A New Playground for Particle Design
Researchers from the University of Jena (Germany) designed glycopolymeric materials with tailored properties to independently study the parameters that impact cellular uptake.
Chemical modification of LPEI for gene delivery
The PEtOx-b-LPEI copolymer could have important applications in gene delivery and gene silencing as a polymeric vector.
Stress Sensitive Polymers
German researchers found stress to be a new trigger for shape memory polymers.
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