Researchers successfully prepare polymeric thioxanthones, which were shown to be used as potential anticancer and radiotherapy agents.
Conducting Polymeric Materials
In a recent issue, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics published a special section on conducting polymeric materials guest-edited by Søren Hvilsted.
Shaping Shape-Memory: Achieving active control of polymer shape
The Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics has published a special issue on shape-memory polymers.
Molecular Polymer Brushes in Nanomedicine
In a recent Talent article, Markus Müllner highlights the diverse applications of molecular polymer brushes in nanomedicine.
Polymer Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Therapy
A novel method for preparing biodegradable polyurethane nanoparticles that will actively recognize cancer cells.
Conductive Polymeric Biomaterials
Different mechanisms for imparting conductivity to non-conductive polymeric biomaterials are discussed in a review by Patton et. al.
How Polymers Can Heal Wounds
For the first time n-BG particles are used to investigate their haemostatic efficacy in wound healing applications.
Shape-Shifting Polymer Circles in on Itself
New triblock copolymer micelles undergo controllable morphological changes from rod-like to toroidal.
New world record for polymer solar cells
Polymer solar cells could be cheaper and more reliable thanks to Swedish and Chinese researchers.
Tailoring degradation in polymeric nanogels
To tailor the degradation of nanogels, Scientists from Utrecht University investigated the impact of the structure of polymeric building blocks on the properties of nanogels and their degradation behavior.