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Chemistry World
January 8, 2016
Simon Hadlington
New shape memory polymer with a permanent twist The new kind of polymer's permanent shape can be changed multiple times, with the features from the previous shape remaining locked into the structure. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 10, 2010
Simon Hadlington
Shape-shifting polymers A US researcher has shown how a so-called shape memory polymer - a material which can take on a temporary shape and then return to its permanent shape in response to an external stimulus - has the unusual ability to 'memorize' a range of different shapes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 3, 2013
Charlie Quigg
Flat-pack structures build themselves Scientists in the US have developed flat pack structures that can autonomously assemble into three-dimensional shapes on application of an electrical current. 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
Chemistry World
March 28, 2012
Fay Nolan-Neylan
Drug Release Polymer Triggered by Ultrasound Scientists have found that a drug-loaded shape memory polymer can be manipulated by ultrasound and that they can control when and how the drugs are released. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 8, 2012
David Bradley
Light-sensitive shape-shifters are swell gels Polymer chemists have successfully emulated the natural shape-shifting abilities of biological tissues, which could allow them to develop a new range of functional materials that change shape reversibly in response to particular stimuli. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 6, 2013
Jeanne Therese Andres
All-in-one 3D printing Imagine printing anything from electronic devices to artificial bones using the same 3D printer. Now, scientists have developed a universal approach for printing materials with easy-to-modify surfaces to eliminate the need for multiple 3D printers. 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
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
Technology Research News
April 6, 2005
Water Shifts Rubber's Shape Researchers have developed a material that can be shaped, but changes back to a permanent shape when immersed in water. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 14, 2011
Polymers Nanobrushes 'Paint' the Mona Lisa in 3D Chinese scientists have used polymers nanobrushes to 'paint' a 3D representation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa. mark for My Articles similar articles
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
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
April 28, 2011
Laura Howes
Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light. 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
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
Technology Research News
June 2, 2004
Process Nets Cheap Microstructures Researchers from Boston College have demonstrated that it's possible to use relatively inexpensive polymers to construct tiny structures using multiphoton-absorption photopolymerization. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
February 25, 2004
Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers. 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
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
January 11, 2016
Tim Wogan
Ceramics made stronger with 3D printing A new method for 3D printing ceramic microlattices has been developed by researchers in the US. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 11, 2009
Tom Bond
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers. 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
Scientific American
October 2008
Steven Ashley
Cool Polymers: Toward the Microwave Oven Version of the Refrigerator Getting a bigger chill out of polymers that respond to electric fields. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 16, 2007
Richard Van Noorden
Nanopolymers Get Stuck In U.S. scientists have discovered how to glue two materials together with a one nanometer-high layer of polymer chains. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 10, 2013
Emily Skinner
Shape memory polymer hosts functional nanoparticles Scientists in China have developed a polymer scaffold for functional nanoparticles that can be folded and mangled but will reform into its original shape if it is placed in water. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 12, 2012
Simon Hadlington
Composites Reinforced in 3D A method that uses magnetic fields to align tiny structural elements within a polymer matrix has been developed by scientists in Switzerland. 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
Technology Research News
July 13, 2005
Self-Assembly Goes Around Bends Researchers have found a way a way to make polymer chains automatically assemble in non-regular patterns, including sharp angles. The method could eventually be used to build precise features as small as ten nanometers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 7, 2014
Charlie Quigg
Shining a light on polymer welding Chinese chemists have created an epoxy that can be rapidly hardened and reshaped by shining a light on it. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC Magazine
December 13, 2010
Jamie Lendino
Scientists Develop Self-Healing Plastics Resarchers have now figured out a way to build plastic material that heals itself. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 11, 2009
Nina Notman
Photographing flexible electronics Scientists in Germany have taken inspiration from photography to develop a fast, room temperature route to making flexible electronic components, which could lead to low cost flexible solar cells and other flexible electronic devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 2, 2007
Lewis Brindley
Nanoparticles Paint a Finer Picture Swiss scientists have developed a process that can print detailed images using nanoparticles as 'ink', while maintaining their catalytic and optical properties. 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
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
May 22, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
'Printing' organs with hydrogels Dutch researchers have developed a way to 'print' stable cell-containing scaffolds, creating a method that could one day be used to help make tailor-made tissue grafts 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
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
Technology Research News
January 15, 2003
Kimberly Patch
Plastic process produces puny pores The size of the microscopic pores in a material determines how the material scatters the sun's rays and how much light will shine through. Making microscopic pores precisely the right size, however, is tricky. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 8, 2009
Nina Notman
Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
December 4, 2007
Richard Van Noorden
Polymer Chemistry Tackles Implant Concerns Advances in polymer chemistry could help resolve safety concerns surrounding body implants, such as stents to hold open clogged arteries, scientists heard at the Materials Research Society Fall meeting. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2004
Tim Stevens
Technologies Of The Year -- IBM Corp.'s Nanotechnology For Semiconductor Processing Polymer molecules that self-assemble will enable smaller, more powerful semiconductor devices for the future. The technology promises significantly reduced feature size, higher component density, improved performance and lower voltage requirements for microelectronic devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 3, 2011
James Urquhart
Turning heat into electricity with polymers Swedish researchers have improved the thermoelectric efficiency of an organic conducting polymer by controlling the material's oxidation level, boosting the prospect of developing cheap, flexible and lightweight organic thermoelectric devices mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 8, 2011
Rebecca Brodie
A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 4, 2011
Holly Sheahan
Polymer based sensors feeling the strain Researchers in China have made a new strain sensor to monitor the safety of buildings and other structures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 18, 2008
Patterning Promise for Next-Gen Computers Breakthroughs in controlling the way polymers self-assemble on surfaces could be key to making the next generation of computer components, say two teams in the US. 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
March 20, 2006
Jon Evans
Polymer Matches Silicon in Semi-Conductor Stakes Materials scientists have developed a semi-conducting polymer that, for the first time, conducts electricity at levels similar to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 13, 2013
Polly Wilson
Polymer regenerates all by itself Self-healing polymers that can spontaneously achieve quantitative healing in the absence of a catalyst have never been reported before, until now. 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