Rolf Mülhaupt investigates the dreams and reality of “green polymer chemistry”.
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.
A Highly Electrophilic Dicationic Complex for Metathesis Polymerization
A highly electrophilic dicationic ruthenium-alkylidene complex is used in ring-opening metathesis polymerization and in cyclopolymerization.
Polymer Research at BAM – The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
A special issue of Macromol. Chem. Phys. presents recent polymer research at the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing.
Converting Instead of Adding – The Concept of Single Polymer Composites
A review of poly(ethylene terephthalate) nanofibrillar single polymer composites with superior mechanical performance.
Truly Universal? The Behavior of Linear Athermal Polymer Chains
Researchers find a universal pair distribution function for polymers in the long-chain limit.
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.
Tuning high quantum efficiency in light-emitting organic materials
Researchers demonstrate that the fluorescence of PDPA in solid film can be tuned by copolymerization of monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths.
A Matter of Pressure – ATRP Equilibrium Constants for the Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate
Researchers have now quantified the effect of pressure on the atom-transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate.
Photoresponsive Azobenzene Block Copolymers: Novel Storage Materials for Rewritable Media
Block copolymers based on azobenzene-containing homo-polyesters have been investigated for use in future data storage technology.
Hopping or Rolling? Mechanisms for the Migration of Radical Chain Ends in RAFT Polymerization
Researchers have proposed mechanisms by which radical chain ends migrate around the surface in RAFT polymerization.