American scientists have harnessed the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s ability to modulate color.
Month: November 2012
Converting Instead of Adding – The Concept of Single Polymer Composites
A review of poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanofibrillar single polymer composites with superior mechanical performance.
NKT Photonics wins 2012 Pasteur Award for new super-laser
NKT Photonics’ Project Manager Lasse Leick has received the 2012 Pasteur Award.
Synergy between supramolecular chemistry and polymer synthesis
The reversibility of non-covalent interactions combined with the intrinsic macroscopic properties of covalent polymers opens new perspectives for the design of polymer materials.
Truly Universal? The Behavior of Linear Athermal Polymer Chains
Researchers find a universal pair distribution function for polymers in the long-chain limit.
Simulating carbon nanotube yarn for stronger, tougher materials
Researchers have combined nanomechanical shear experiments with multiscale simulations to try to understand the interactions between bare carbon nanotubes.
Monitored gluthathion oxidation in argon plasma
The action of plasma at the gas-solution interface in argon on reduced glutathione has been investigated through Raman spectroscopy.
Advanced Materials Top 40 for November 6th 2012
Polymers, solar cells, and graphene – this and more in the Advanced Materials Top 40 this week.
Blood Capillary Analogs for In Vitro Drug Testing
Blood capillary analogues have been developed in a biodegradable hydrogel as a promising platform for in vitro drug testing.
Designing and Processing Biodegradable Materials: On the Crystallization Behavior of Poly(lactide)s
Japanese researchers report a novel hetero-stereocomplex formation for isotactic (S)- and (R)-configured biodegradable polyesters.
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