Light is transduced to electrical energy in photopiezoelectric polymer composites based on azobenzene-functionalized polyimides and polyvinylidene fluoride
Light-sensitive polymers for controlled gene silencing
New research describes the use of polymers that can bind siRNAs into nanoscale assemblies that do not disassemble until they are irradiated with UV light.
Video abstract: thermogelling polymers in medicine
Dr Loh Xian Jun discusses his review article on potential clinical applications for biodegrable thermogelling polymers.
Smart polymers for biomedical applications
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in a new special issue, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein and Marc Behl, presents recent results on (multi)functional smart materials, including shape-memory and shape-changing polymers.
Journal of Polymer Science: Special Issue Dedicated to Jean Fréchet
This Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry special issue, dedicated to Jean Fréchet, covers many fundamental and applied polymer chemistry topics.
Step-growth polymerization in the 21st century
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in a new special issue presents a modern perspective to the long-established field of step-growth polymerization reactions, guest-edited by Andrew Dove and Michael Meier.
Manufacturing of Biodegradable Polymeric Components – call for papers
Submit a paper to the forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science on Manufacturing of Advanced Biodegradable Polymeric Components.
Polymer-based flexible bioelectronics
Researchers have created a low-cost, flexible bioelectronic device based on PEDOT:PSS, which they used for monitoring action potentials from cell tissues.
Titanium composites reinforced in-situ by polymer-derived ceramic phases
A University of Padova research team have developed a simpler strategy for producing titanium matrix composites.
Impact factor increases 71% for JPS: Polymer Physics
The impact factor for the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics increased 71% to 3.803, according to a Thomson Reuters update.