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ACS COMP/Wiley Outstanding Undergraduate Research Poster Prize Winners
The ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry presented poster awards at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition.
Journal of Polymer Science Poster Prize at the 2016 APS March Meeting
Four outstanding young polymer scientists were awarded the 2016 Journal of Polymer Science poster prize for the Division of Polymer Physics (DPOLY) at the March American Physical Society (APS) meeting.
Macromolecular Journals Writing Competition: We have a Winner
In our Macromolecular Journals Writing Competition we asked PhD students and Post-Docs to send us a short news piece on papers from the Macromolecular Journals family highlighting exceptional research. Here we present the winner.
Ni3FeN Nanoparticles: An Efficient Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalyst
Chinese researchers have reported Ni3FeN nanoparticlessynthesized by thermal ammonolysis of ultrathin NiFe- layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets.
Book review: Bio-synthetic Hybrid Materials and Bionanoparticles
Bio-synthetic Hybrid Materials and Bionanoparticles, edited By Alexander Boker, and Patrick Van Rijn: book reviewed by Dr. Fabio Nudelman, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Fundamental research – a luxury?
Andreas Müller from the Technische Universität München and part of the Excellence Cluster Universe asks “Do we need fundamental research?” in the newest issue of the Journal of Unsolved Questions (JUnQ).
Book review: Essentials of Inorganic Materials Synthesis
Essentials of Inorganic Materials Synthesis, by C. N. R. Rao and Kanishka Biswas: book reviewed by Prof. Li Song and Yasir A. Haleem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) meets the world in Aachen
28th International Colloquium Plastics Technology 2016: an international meeting place for the industry
Highly Detective Photodetector Based on Graphene-Silicon Heterojunction
Researchers devise a highly detective photodetector based on graphene-silicon heterojunctions with interface improvement by introducing a thin interfacial oxide layer.