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The latest from the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston...
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Join us at 6pm tonight to celebrate 20 years of excellence in materials science at our birthday reception...
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Z. L. Wang presents the state of the art in the emerging field of nanopiezoelectronics, an effective method for harvesting energy from the environment.
Z. L. Wang et al.,
Advanced Functional Materials ,
2008, 18, 3553
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Detection of UV-induced lesions in cellular DNA, which are associated with mutagenic and carcinogenic risks, by using a a new fluorescent probe is reported by Shu Wang and co-workers.
S. Wang,
Macromolecular Rapid Communications,
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800543
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An update from the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston...
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Our first update from the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting...
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The use of biomaterials is crucial for regenerative medicine, which aims to regenerate and replace lost or dysfunctional tissues or organs.
P. X. Ma et al.,
Advanced Functional Materials ,
2008, 18, 3568
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Mechanically stable and insoluble fluorescent thin films have been deposited by sublimating Rhodamine 6G laser dye through remote plasma polymerization. The obtained nanocomposite films display favourable absorption and fluorescence properties.
A. Barranco et al.,
Plasma Processes & Polymers,
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200800092
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Professor Greg G. Qiao et al. describe the use of the breath figure technique in the preparation of highly ordered, porous honeycomb-shaped films.
G. G. Qiao et al.,
Advanced Functional Materials ,
2008, 18, 3706
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A detailed DSC study of polystyrene/clay nanocomposites and the first application of isoconversional kinetic analysis to the process of gel melting providing physical insights into relevant processes such as curing, crystallization, glass transition, aging and more, is presented.
S. Vyazovkin et al.,
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics,
2008, 209, 2367
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X-ray micro-tomography images allow reconstruction of the 3D spatial structure of porous polyethylene particles and calculation of transport characteristics, including insight into limitations of monomer mass transport in the early stages of particle growth and in fully developed polyolefin particles.
J. Kosek et al.,
Macromolecular Reaction Engineering,
2008, 2, 495
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Low-molecular-weight model compounds for Nafion membranes, which are formed of a perfluorinated backbone and pendant chains, are used in fuel cells to separate the cathode and anode compartments, and to allow proton transportation between them.
S. Schlick et al.,
Fuel Cells,
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200700057
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Co-assembly of ‘smart’ stimuli-responsive surfaces for the reversible immobilization of species on emulsion-templated porous polymers is described by Neil Cameron and co-workers in a recently published Communication in Advanced Materials.
N. R. Cameron et al.,
Advanced Materials,
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801986
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The state-of-the-art in the free-volume studies is overviewed in this highlight article by Shantarovich, and neither positron annihilation lifetimes nor more traditional methods are found to produce unambiguous estimates of the size distribution of elementary free volumes in polymers.
V. P. Shantarovich et al.,
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics,
2008, 46, 2485
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Methyl methacrylate derived copolymers functionalized with pendant carbazole and oxadiazole moieties are synthesized in various monomer ratios to explore the thermophysical, photoluminescence, and electroluminescent properties of this system.
S. H. Foulger et al.,,
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry,
2008, 46, 7882
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A novel strategy for the fabrication of large micropatterned objects by patterning the mechanical properties of thin-film sheets is demonstrated, and shows the possibility of control over the 3D geometry of these structures by patterning features with different lengths, thicknesses, stresses, and elastic moduli.
D. H. Gracias et al.,
Advanced Materials,
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801759
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The combination of hydrophobic materials and nanostructures on surfaces leads to an non-wettable fabric as reported by New Scientist this week.
J. Zimmermann et al.,
Advanced Functional Materials ,
2008, 18, 3662
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Dae-Hyeong Kim and John Rogers describe recent developments in the emerging area of stretchable electronics...
J. Rogers et al.,
Advanced Materials,
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801788
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Free-radical polymerizations may involve mid-chain radicals (MCRs) in case easily abstractable hydrogen atoms are present on highly reactive propagating radicals.
C. Barner-Kowollik et al.,
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry,
2008, 46, 7585
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Adhesive shellfish proteins bind regardless of how many binding elements they contain. This has potential for the development of new kinds of binding agents... (Image Credit: Creative Commons / Andreas Trepte, Marburg)
J. Wang et al.,
Advanced Materials,
2008, 20, 3872
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