Materials will be marketed by Altuglas International as Plexiglas/Altuglas Rnew biopolymer alloys.
A Change of Perspective: From Polymer Reaction Engineering to Polynucleotide Replication
A polymer reaction engineering look at the distribution of correct RNA sequence lengths.
Polymeric nanoparticles for next generation vaccines
Polymer nano- and microparticles can be used to develop new vaccines for disorders such as cancer and HIV.
Seeing the Light? Making Sense of Disorder in Polymer Opals
A new hyperspectral goniometry technique, to measure 3D angular scattering of light, shows scattering from polymer opals is anisotropic.
Polymeric nanoparticles used to treat pediatric cancer
Research team in the US have reported promising findings on the potential for nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapeutic agents.
The Retirement of Hans Wolfgang Spiess and "New Paths" at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
A colloquium celebrates the retirement of Hans Wolfgang Spiess at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz.
Self-Folding Polymers: Nature-Inspired Microengineering of Complex 3D Structures
Researchers in Germany design self-folding 3D polymeric materials that could lead to advances in microfluidics, biomaterials, and soft electronics.
Special issue on the Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers
Free access to the latest issue of the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics, on deformation, yield and fracture of polymers.
A Highly Electrophilic Dicationic Complex for Metathesis Polymerization
A highly electrophilic dicationic ruthenium-alkylidene complex is used in ring-opening metathesis polymerization and in cyclopolymerization.
Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award – call for nominations
Nominations open for the 2013 Journal of Polymer Science innovation award.