High refractive index (HRI) materials play an important role in optic-electronic devices. They can be widely applied as encapsulating materials to increase external quantum efficiency in OLED devices and to enhance conversion efficiency in solar cell devices....
Polymer Science
Australian European Macromolecular Interactions
The latest issue of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics is dedicated to European-Australian collaborations and activities in polymer science.
On the randomness and blockiness of copolymers
Canadian researchers demonstrate the importance of randomness for the phase behavior of block copolymers.
Polymer discs convert heat to electricity
Shannon Yee and co-workers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have synthesized semiconducting polymer complexes with nickel centres.
2016 Chemistry Nobel Prize: How Molecular Machines Benefit Polymer Science (and vice versa)
Modern chemical designers are often inspired by Nature as well as by man-made objects – think of the classical analogy between molecular building blocks and LEGO bricks, the lock and key principle, etc. This year’s chemistry Nobel laureates have certainly been inspired by a bit of both.
Stability in Polymeric Micelles – Make it a Better Nanomedicine
A recently published feature article discusses the reasons for the poor targeting efficiency via polymeric micelles, and the approaches that have been explored to tackle this problem.
Sustainable Polymers and Polymer Science: Dedicated to the Life and Work of Richard P. Wool
A new special issue in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science is dedicated to the life and work of Richard P. Wool.
Batch to conti transfer of polymer production processes
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering presents recent trends in industrial polymer production, guest-edited by Alain Durand and Sebastian Engell
Thermally switchable bottle-neck pores for antimicrobial dyes release
A prototype theranostic device based on thermally triggered release of a fluorescent antibiotic from polymer coated porous silicon films is developed.
Three-dimensional block copolymer nanostructures
Jiun-Tai Chen and his team at NCTU in Taiwan developed a novel method to fabricate three-dimensional block copolymer nanostructures.
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