Many efficient polymer solar cells include ITO. Yet this material is not well-suited for large-scale production.
Polymer sieve can separate gas on molecular level
More efficient gas separations can be achieved using a new polymer that selectively sieves gas molecules.
Recent Trends in Shape-Memory Polymers
The Trend article by Andreas Lendlein discusses the main synthetic challenges of designing shape-memory polymers.
Bioinspired polymer is steam powered
Polymer film developed in Langer lab could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.
Polymer electrolyte films for energy applications
MIT researchers change film morphologies by making simple changes in LbL assembly conditions.
Single Polymer Chain Folding – A Review
C. Barner-Kowollik highlights the most recent progress in the area of single polymer chain folding, aimed at mimicking natural biomacromolecules.
Tissue engineering scaffolds from natural polymers
Researchers fabricate controllable scaffolds from functionalised Kappa carrageenan, a naturally occurring polymer.
Advances in Actively Moving Polymers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein.
A Brief Guide to Polymer Nomenclature
The IUPAC Polymer Division and Committee on Polymer Terminology have published “A Brief Guide to Polymer Nomenclature”.
New all-polymer memory devices developed
A research team from KAUST in Saudia Arabia have fabricated all-polymer nonvolatile bistable memory devices with potential for use in flexible and transparent electronics.