The fraction of dead chains can be predicted, allowing the polymer reaction system to be tuned to produce the desired percentage of live chains.
Room temperature fabrication of high-temperature shape-memory thin films
High-temperature shape memory thin films have been prepared at room temperature by magnetron sputtering technique.
The End is Just the Beginning: A Review of End-Functional Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)
Craig Hawker and co-workers from UC Santa Barbara review the synthesis and many applications of end-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT).
Quantifying molecular colocalization in live cell fluorescence microscopy
Toward identification and characterization of molecular interactions in living cells: Quantifying molecular colocalization in live cell fluorescence microscopy.
With rose petals to stretchable electronics
The use of natural substrates as masters to create elastomeric replicas for stretchable electronic devices is demonstrated.
Perpendicular geometry for better photoacoustic images
A new approach based on bidirectional scanning improves the imaging performance of optoacoustic imaging to quasi-isotropic transverse resolution.
New endoscopic technique provides label-free contrast of tissue
A flexible wide-field endoscope utilising blue excitation light provides label-free contrast of tissue based on fluorescence lifetime imaging of tissue autofluorescence. Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) of tissue autofluorescence has been shown to provide...
Exploiting surface tension for patterned cell co-cultures
A simple method for 3D patterning of cell co-cultures has been developed based on capillary forces in a nanostructured microchannel.
Imaging the mechanical response of nanostructured composites
An X-ray ptychography study follows the destruction of a microscale composite during compression in unprecedented detail.
A supramolecular method to tune the LCST behavior of a thermoresponsive polymer
Researchers from Hangzhou, China present a supramolecular method to tune the LCST behavior of a thermoresponsive polymer using pillar[n]arenes.