Issue 3 of Advanced Optical Materials covers optical waveguides, plasmonics, nanolasers, and more. All articles are free to read.
Polyesters from Rapeseed Oil
Researchers in Karlsruhe used plant oils to synthesize renewable long-chain aliphatic polyesters using olefin self-metathesis for the monomer synthesis.
Core-shell particles for acoustic metamaterials by millifluidics
Wunenburger and coworkers at the University of Bordeaux and the CNRS have used millifluidics to create hard core-soft shell microparticles.
Plastics Become Heat Conductors by Lamellar Crystal Alignment
Thermally conductive thermoplastics have attracted attention as heat dissipative materials for a vast number of electronic devices. S. Yoshihara and coworkers (Kaneka Corporation, Japan) now report that thermoplastics exhibit high thermal conductivity by lamellar crystal alignment.
New Surfaces for Tissue Engineering
Plasma polymerization technique is used to modify the surface of a biologically inert substrate for the purpose of enhancing cell adhesion.
24th International Liquid Crystal Conference held in Mainz, Germany
The 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference was held on August 19th–24th in Mainz, Germany.
Hydrogel Micro and Nanoparticles
1. Thermally Sensitive Microgels: From Basic Science to Applications 2. Thermosensitive Core-Shell Microgels: Basic Concepts and Applications 3. Core-Shell Particles with a Temperature-Sensitive Shell 4. pH-Responsive Nanogels: Synthesis and Physical Properties...
Unexpected Pressure Dependence for Iron-Mediated ATRP
Unlike Cu-mediated systems, high pressure reduces the equilibrium constant for iron-mediated atom-transfer radical polymerizations.
Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 for August 22, 2012
This week’s top three are all newcomers to the Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 table.
Biomimetic Fibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Researchers from Imperial College, London, have now developed a series of modified g-PGA polyester scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.