Scientists from Italy and the USA present an innovative processing method for the fabrication of 3D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering using either fused deposition or conventional hot extrusion.
Functional Polymeric Microspheres from Boronic Acid
Researchers from KIT (Germany) present for the first time the preparation of polymeric boronic acid-functionalized microspheres.
Alternative Catalyst System for Semiconducting Polymers
Researchers from the University of Michigan present a palladium catalyst that can mediate a living, chain-growth polymerization of pi-conjugated monomers.
Wiley Encyclopedia of Composites
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The Wonderful World of Metallo-Polymers
Get free access now to a selection of articles from the topical issue on “Macromolecules Containing Metal Ions”.
Detecting Poison: New Probe Developed for Cyanide Sensing
A new type of probe for detecting highly toxic cyanide anions has been developed by Professor F. Li and co-workers at Fudan University, China.
A Plethora of Block Copolypeptides
N-Carboxyanhydride ring-opening polymerization enables the controlled generation of numerous distinctive block copolypeptides possessing potential biomedical applicability.
Low-Power Upconversion in Dye-Doped Polymer Nanoparticles
The fabrication of dye-doped cross-linked rubbery nanoparticles with light upconversion properties even at relatively low power densities has been reported by a Swiss/American research team.
A 3D Metamaterial: Nanostructuring with Polymers
Scientists have fabricated a 3D metamaterial, which shows linear and circular dichroism, using a self-assembled block copolymer as a template.
Macromolecular Colloquium 2012 in Freiburg
This year’s Macromolecular Colloquium will be held in Freiburg from the 23rd to 25th of February.