Prof. Zannoni and co-workers publish research on the deposition of sexithiophene on a fullerene substrate.
Month: October 2014
Modeling improved organic solar cell behaviour
A new electrostatic model has been developed, which treats electrons and holes not as point charges or an average electrostatic density, but as delocalized Gaussian spheres.
Funtionalising scaffolds for nanoparticle templating
Short engineered protein sequences have been used to initiate the simultaneous synthesis of two inorganic species in desired locations with nanoscale accuracy.
Ultrafast Electrically Tunable Polaritonic Metasurfaces
Scientists design an electrically reconfigurable optical metasurface by merging plasmonic metamaterials with semiconductor heterostructures.
Impact factor increases 71% for JPS: Polymer Physics
The impact factor for the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics increased 71% to 3.803, according to a Thomson Reuters update.
European Polymer Congress in Dresden
The next Congress of the European Polymer Federation (EPF) will be held in Dresden, Germany, from June 21 to 26, 2015. It is organized by the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. (IPF) and the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
Molecular systems for flexible electronics
New research investigates the position of molecular memory on a nanometer-thick film.
Instructing neural cell growth with synthetic hydrogels
Researchers have reported a multi-component hydrogel material that can be utilized to direct the fate of neural precursor cells in vitro.
A new trick from liquid crystalline elastomers – responsive cell culture scaffolds
Biocompatible, biodegradable and porous LC elastomers were used as viable, soft scaffolds for cell growth and proliferation in a spatial (3D) fashion.
Bubble-free pumping of liquids in space
Fourth Capillary Channel Flow experiment on the ISS has successfully completed, revealing new possibilities for spaceflight technology and biomedicine.
Processes optimisation and up-scaling for graphene delivery
The NanoMaster Project is reporting exciting results related to graphene and expanded graphite production and the development of novel nanocomposite intermediates.
Aiming for nature's molecular precision: a special issue on precision polymers
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics presents new and exciting developments in the synthesis and properties of precision polymers, guest-edited by Michael R. Buchmeiser.
Compact nuclear fusion reactor
US engineering company Lockheed Martin has reported that it has developed a new design for a fusion reactor that could be in use in a decade.
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