Polymers, solar cells, and graphene – this and more in the Advanced Materials Top 40 this week.
Designing and Processing Biodegradable Materials: On the Crystallization Behavior of Poly(lactide)s
Japanese researchers report a novel hetero-stereocomplex formation for isotactic (S)- and (R)-configured biodegradable polyesters.
Plasmonic biosensors with artificial antibodies
Researchers use molecular imprinting to develop a highly sensitive and selective nanorod biosensor with artificial antibodies.
Tuning high quantum efficiency in light-emitting organic materials
Researchers demonstrate that the fluorescence of PDPA in solid film can be tuned by copolymerization of monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths.
Tunable self-healing materials
Self-healing materials can be switched from reversible to non-reversible by increasing the number of covalent crosslinking bonds.
Entrepreneurship in materials interview: José Maria Lagaron
Interview on entrepreneurship with startup founder José Maria Lagaron, whose company NanoBioMatters commercializes polymer-nanoclay packaging materials.
Dielectric elastomers: Strain with less pain
Dielectric elastomer actuators are made stronger and more easily using a synthesis approach that doesn’t rely on pre-stretching the polymer.
Metabolite-responsive hydrogels for medical diagnostics
A hydrogel that can tell good from bad: this material can distinguish between normal and pathological levels of urate, a salt related to gout arthritis.
Immunomodulatory effect of nanoparticles
Functionalized polystyrene nanoparticles are analyzed for their interaction with human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
Smart phosphorescent bioprobes
A phosphorescent iridium(III) complex-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) is a promising probe for bioimaging applications.