Zhen Gu at Joint UNC/NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering gives an overview of the recent advances in protein nanogels for biomedical applications
Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics
Towards economic conjugated polymers
Hu’s group at SCUT investigate alkyne-based multicomponent polymerization to afford polymers from three or more kinds of monomers in a one-pot procedure.
Supramolecular Assembly for Responsive Polymers
General designing concepts and chemical strategies using supramolecular assemblies for the synthesis of responsive polymers are highlighted.
Board’s Choice: Branched Acrylate, Reaction Mechanisms, Hydrogels
The advisory board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics provides you with a selection of the best papers published in the journal in 2015.
Perfectly Precise Polymerization
Precise control of the primary, secondary, and tertiary structure is a significant new development in synthetic polymer chemistry. Using techniques inspired by other disciplines, it is now possible to synthesize a variety of monodisperse, sequence-defined a variety...
Just Antimicrobial is not Enough
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Show Your Hidden Talents
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Block Copolymer Micelle Nanotubes via Template Wetting
A novel method was developed, in which block copolymer micelles can directly infiltrate into nanopores and 1D micellar nanotubes can be easily fabricated.
Supramolecular Hydrogels with Redox-Responsive Dye Release
Prof. Chuanliang Feng and co-workers are working on novel supramolecular, redox-responsive hydrogels self-assembled from low-molecular-weight gelators.
Meet the Macro Awards Winners
This year, already a lot of excellent young scientists have received Macro Awards for their outstanding research in different fields of polymer science.
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