A thermoresponsive MOF structure is demonstrated to capture/release europium ions for the detection of explosives at room temperature and below.
Rare-earth metal for large-volume chemicals
Scientists created a new chemical process that makes use of the widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.
Engineering protein nanoparticles from amelogenin
Random mutagenesis of amelogenin creates a wide range of protein nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
MRS Spring 2015 Preview: Final show in San Francisco
An outlook to the forthcoming MRS Spring Meeting, to be held from April 6-10, 2015 for the last time in San Francisco, California.
New Routes to Polystyrene Foams via Lab-on-a-Chip Techniques
Polystyrene foams with controlled pore sizes and narrow pore size distributions have been synthesized via lab-on-a-chip techniques.
Fluoroelastomers: click to crosslink
Azide–nitrile cycloaddition is used to make stronger crosslinked fluoroelastomers.
Aminobisphosphonates via Multicomponent Reactions
Functional polymers containing aminobisphosphonates are synthesized using controlled radical polymerization and post-polymerization multicomponent reactions.
Active material properties come alive with 3D printing
3-D printing technology has opened new possibilities for Israel Institute of Technology’s Stephan Rudykh to test his models of active material properties.
Flexible Bragg Reflectors for Optical Applications
Spanish group creates materials that combine the intense structural colour achievable with inorganic materials with the mechanical properties of polymers.
A wrap up of drug carrier designs and their applications
Anna Musyanovych and Katharina Landfester review the production and use of polymer-based drug carriers with particular focus on their use in biomedicine.