A nanosized drug delivery system is developed, which significantly inhibits tumor growth and metastasis formation of breast cancer when loaded with the drug paclitaxel.
Super-elastomeric polysiloxane liquids: breaking the record and the rule
Liquid polysiloxane materials set new record for high stretchability and challenge classic theory of elastomeric behavior.
Silicone-Based Systems as Dielectric Elastomer Transducers
Silicone elastomers are favourable materials for dielectric elastomer transducers. Read more about the current state-of-the-art.
Global Carbon Dioxide Utilization Strategy that Benefits Everyone, Including Earth
How can we utilize carbon dioxide to solve the looming climate change problem caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions?
Understanding Chain Growth Limitations
In many applications, obtaining thicker polymer layers upon surface initiated radical polymerization would be advantageous. Towards this goal a better theoretical understanding of the mechanisms behind chain growth is crucial.
New technique offers strong, flawless 3D printed ceramics
Researchers have developed a way to create ceramics using 3D printing that results in a strong material with little tendency to crack
Advanced tetris: vertical flow lithography for 3D particle fabrication
A flexible flow lithography technique enables 3D particles to be formed in a layer-by-layer fashion, based on the controlled stacking of 2D shapes.
Board’s Choice: Branched Acrylate, Reaction Mechanisms, Hydrogels
The advisory board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics provides you with a selection of the best papers published in the journal in 2015.
Like crystallizes like: universal lysozyme-based coating facilitates protein crystallization
Scientists develop a superhydrophobic coating technique based on the lysozyme fiber network, which provides a facile platform for protein crystallization.
Cell Growth and Proliferation with Zwitterionic Polynorbornene
A zwitterionic polynorbornen-modified surface facilitates growth and proliferation of model endothelial cells.