Macromolecular Reaction Engineering has published two special issues on the science and technology of adhesive materials and bio-inspired adhesives, guest-edited by Hadi Izadi and Alexander Penlidis.
Stefan Spiegel
I am Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. As Editor of the Macromolecular Journals family, my additional responsibilities focus on the titles Macromolecular Theory & Simulations, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering and, now to a lesser degree, Macromolecular Materials & Engineering.
Equilibrium under pressure – the kinetics of iron-mediated ATRP
Buback and Matyjaszewski investigate the pressure dependence of iron-mediated atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP).
Processing technologies allow control of the morphology of polymeric materials
Morphology control technologies for polymeric materials during processing are reviewed by scientists from Sichuan University.
Do proteins melt? Or, why protein-based thermoplastics resemble semi-crystalline polymers
Thermal transitions and structural relaxations in protein-based thermoplastics are reviewed by New Zealand researchers.
New trends in the design of molecularly imprinted nanoparticles
Experts from Michigan Technological University review the recent developments in molecularly imprinted nanoparticles by surface imprinting techniques.
The balance between combination and disproportionation in radical polymerization
Researcher from New Zealand present a mass spectrometric method for the determination of the mode of termination in radical polymerization.
Also for Practitioners: The Error-In-Variables Approach for a Model-Based Design of Experiments
Canadian researchers show how to find optimal trials for estimating reactivity ratios for a typical copolymerization reaction.
The shape-memory effect in polymers
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics has published a new special issue on the shape-memory effect in polymers, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein.
Advances in Electrospun Functional Nanofibers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue on functional nanofibers, guest-edited by Il-Doo Kim.
Recent Trends in the Chemistry of Shape-Memory Polymers
Andreas Lendlein and coworkers investigate current approaches to shape-memory polymers, e.g., tailoring segment chemistry to integrate additional functions.