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Chemistry World
May 28, 2013
Anthony King
Polymer tied in celtic knots Celtic knots and ancient art have inspired a new way of synthesizing polymers. The slow-motion method of controlling polymer growth produces a single chain that when linked repeatedly, intricately wraps around itself to form a dense structure. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 28, 2010
Matt Wilkinson
Recycling CO2 to make plastic Massachusetts-based Novomer has received $18.4 million from the US Department of Energy to develop a process for converting carbon dioxide into polycarbonate polymers that could be used to make plastic bottles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 31, 2011
Mike Brown
Electrifying polymers Scientists in the US and Italy have used electricity to control atom transfer radical polymerisation reactions, industrially significant reactions for producing plastics. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 16, 2006
Katharine Sanderson
Switching Off Polymerisation in the Dark With summer in full swing, the world of polymer science is about to get a boost following news that sunlight can kick-start living polymerisation reactions. The twist is that the reaction stops in the dark. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 11, 2013
Jennifer Newton
Alcoholic drinks perfect solvents for polymerization International researchers have gone through the contents of their liquor cabinets to see if alcoholic drinks make good solvents for single-electron transfer living radical polymerization. And the answer is an unequivocal yes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 29, 2012
Tegan Thomas
Hair and polymers click In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 21, 2014
Hamish Crawford
Waste plastics unzipped into useful chemicals A team from Northland College in Wisconsin, and from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, have developed a way to depolymerize polyesters and polycarbonates into diols and methanol, using ruthenium based pincer catalysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 15, 2011
Laura Howes
Cyclodextrin Dimer Becomes Synthetic Polymerase Chemists have made an artificial polymerase that doesn't need a metal catalyst or organic solvents and is more efficient than current bioinspired approaches. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
September 2005
David Bradley
Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 8, 2015
Anthony King
Click chemistry creates precision polymers Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have an efficient strategy that allows them to synthesize a new family of unimolecular, sequence- and stereo-defined polymers using click chemistry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 21, 2015
James Urquhart
Plant-inspired plastics take shape Shape-shifting plastics which respond to external stimuli, similar to how Venus flytraps ensnare prey and touch-me-nots fold their leaves inwards when touched, have come a step closer thanks to a new polymer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 16, 2014
Tim Wogan
New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 20, 2014
Laura Howes
Brent Sumerlin: Searching for a sweet response Brent Sumerlin is professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, US. His research concerns the identification, synthesis, and characterization of smart polymers for drug delivery. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 1, 2010
Simon Hadlington
Structural order gained over conducting polymer Scientists in Canada and the US have shown how it is possible to assemble ordered arrays of short chains of a commercially important conducting polymer on a metal surface. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 21, 2009
Alexander Hellemans
Quantum shuttling boost for organic solar cells Organic polymers can use a quantum effect to rapidly shuttle light energy along their chains, even at room temperature. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 6, 2009
Nina Notman
Torn catalysts help polymers heal themselves Catalysts that are activated by a mechanical force tearing them in two have been designed by Dutch scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 7, 2014
Elinor Richards
Shortcut to carbon dioxide plastics holds sequestration promise Japanese scientists have cleared a significant hurdle in using carbon dioxide as a chemical feedstock and made a polymer that contains almost a third of the gas by weight. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 19, 2015
Anisha Ratan
Star creation for plant medication US scientists have developed a stimuli-responsive, biodegradable star-shaped copolymer for targeted nutrient and pesticide delivery in plants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 6, 2007
Lewis Brindley
Chemists Make Fullerene Necklace Spanish scientists have strung fullerene buckyballs together to produce a polymer with unique electronic properties. The creation of these polymers has demonstrated a new approach to designing novel materials. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 31, 2006
Bea Perks
Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Biodegradable polymers being developed the U.S. offer numerous advantages over current drug delivery systems, say researchers working on ways to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly into cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 18, 2012
Lian Hutchings
Updated polymer textbook The publication of the third edition of Introduction to Polymers by Young and Lovell is an extremely timely, updated version of the second edition which was published some twenty years ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 27, 2013
Emma Eley
Sustainable iron catalyst for clean hydrogenation An international team of chemists has reported a clean and green way to perform one of the most important industrial reactions for pharmaceutical and petrochemical synthesis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 11, 2007
Jonathan Edwards
'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 5, 2011
David Bradley
Spiders, Grubbs' and polymer-powered nanomotors A chemical spider that spins a polymer thread using a simple catalyst could drive a nanomotor, according to researchers at Pennsylvania State University, US. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 24, 2015
Phillip Broadwith
Catalytic carbon dioxide convertors The world's demand for energy, and the resultant carbon dioxide emissions, are drastically changing our climate. UK startup Econic Technologies is developing catalysts that could take some of that CO 2 and lock it up in high-performance polymer materials. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 31, 2010
Simon Hadlington
Ketene comes in from the cold The ketene group, -C=C=O, is capable of rich and diverse chemistry, says Craig Hawker of the University of California, Santa Barbara mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 22, 2014
Charlie Quigg
Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 30, 2011
Simon Hadlington
Solving a Tangled Polymer Problem Being able to predict how polymer chain interact could help to produce plastics with tailor made properties. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 5, 2006
Victoria Gill
Polymer Chemists Tap the Body's Organs The strained tendons and ligaments that end many sporting careers could be repaired with polymers made from our own digestive chemicals. Researchers have devised a chemical method to make degradable elastomers -- polymers with elastic properties -- using bile acid. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 28, 2012
Simon Hadlington
New shape for cross-linked polymers Researchers in the US and France believe they have found a new way to impart malleability into cross-linked polymers containing multiple double bonds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 20, 2009
Lewis Brindley
Sensitive Polymers Show Drug Delivery Promise Chemists in the US have developed a three-component polymer that can respond to temperature, pH and the presence of a reducing agent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 15, 2013
Phillip Broadwith
Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery A synthetic polymer could make a better replacement lubricant for joint cartilage in people with arthritis, US researchers claim. The polymer is not broken down in the body like currently used replacement lubricants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 19, 2012
Baljinder Kandola
Polymer decomposition Thermal Stability of Polymers by T. R. Crompton reviews the literature on the thermal stability of various polymers using a number of analytical techniques and provides a very good initial reference for scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 4, 2010
Carol Stanier
Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 3, 2013
James Urquhart
Polymer production line runs on DNA US researchers have developed a purely chemical and enzyme-free system that can build synthetic polymers using DNA as a template. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 5, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
Crystalline polymers make airtight films Squeezing polymers into extremely thin layers can make them a whole lot less gas-permeable, US scientists have shown. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 28, 2011
Carol Stanier
Spotlight on Polymerisation to Repair Damaged Faces To repair scarred facial tissue, US scientists have developed a minimally invasive repair method combining natural and synthetic materials to form a tissue scaffold to help the body heal itself. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Jill Jusko
Polymers that Shift and Shape Georgia Tech researchers develop smart materials for biomedical applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 26, 2009
Simon Hadlington
Glowing protein in 'animal photosynthesis' Scientists have discovered that a glowing protein found in some exotic marine animals and used widely as a 'marker' in molecular biology has another remarkable property mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 15, 2011
James Mitchell Crow
Polymer Side Chains on the Slide Researchers may now be able to create rotaxane polymers whose properties alter in response to chemical stimuli. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 2009
The artificial leaf Using sunlight to split water molecules and form hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising tactics for kicking our carbon habit. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
April 30, 2015
Simon Hadlington
Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework Chemists in the US have turned received wisdom on its head by using floppy, linear polymers to construct a rigid, crystalline, three-dimensional metal -- organic framework. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 11, 2014
Emma Stoye
Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 26, 2007
Tom Westgate
Scientists Win Cash to Develop Plastic x-Ray Detectors UK scientists have shown for the first time that polymers could compete with silicon for detecting x-ray radiation. Now, a funding boost gives the researchers the chance to work with industry and bring the technology closer to market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 25, 2013
Jon Cartwright
Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
December 2006
David Bradley
Plastic Shape Shifter Temperature-controlled triple-shaped plastics that can change shape from one form to another, then another, have been developed by researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 27, 2014
Simon Hadlington
Propeller-shaped molecules give 2D polymers lift-off Crystal engineers have finally succeeded in achieving a goal that has eluded chemists for decades by unambiguously synthesizing two-dimensional polymer crystals, confirmed by single-crystal x-ray diffraction. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 28, 2006
Jon Evans
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
May 19, 2004
Electricity Turns Plastic Green Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have made a conducting polymer that changes to a very clean green color in the presence of electricity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 1, 2007
Lewis Brindley
Semiconductor Splits Water with Sunlight Scientists in Germany have developed a promising new catalyst that splits water using sunlight -- and stores the hydrogen and oxygen produced. mark for My Articles similar articles