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One of the biggest current challenges in the fields of drug delivery and biomedicine is the design and manufacture of stimuli-responsive delivery systems.
F. Caruso et al.,
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2009, 5, 1418
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Incorporating peptide blocks into block copolymers opens up new realms of bioactive or smart materials.
H. R. Marsden and A. Kros,
Macromol. Biosci.
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DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200900057
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In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free.
M. Zhang et al.,
Adv. Mater.
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Nikitin et al. study the kinetics of butyl acrylate solution polymerization up to high conversion and derive new theoretical expressions for polymerization rate, average chain length, average propagation rate, and branching level, the latter being unambiguously assigned to intermolecular transfer to polymer.
A. N. Nikitin et al.,
Macromol. Theory Simul.
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Gold nanoshells are among the most promising new nanoscale therapeutics being developed to kill tumors, acting as antennas that turn light energy into heat that cooks cancer to death.
S. N. Bhatia et al.,
Adv. Mater.
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Due to their excellent performance in organic solar cells and the high hole mobilities in field-effect transistors polythiophenes represent a widely used π-conjugated system in organic electronics.
S. Ludwigs et al.,
Macromol. Rapid Commun.
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DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900186
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The extent to which the effect of Al-content on sheet-carrier concentration affects the electrical properties of AlGaN HEMT devices is systematically studied and quantitatively described by a simple model based on polarization and strain induced effects.
K. Köhler et al.,
phys. stat. sol. (a)
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DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200925168
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Two processes can be used to control the size of nanoparticles, which could serve as tiny light sources.
R. Dimova et al.,
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Recently a new superhard high pressure phase of boron, γ-B 28, has been discovered and raised considerable interest due to its partially ionic character, which is quite unusual for an elemental solid.
P. Rulise et al.,
phys. stat. sol. (RRL)
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The development of new materials for sub-50-nm computer memory is essential for the continued development of the field.
K. H. Kuesters et al.,
Adv. Eng. Mater.
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2009, 11, 241
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Surface chemistry is an essential and developing area of physical chemistry and one that has become increasingly interdisciplinary.
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A novel amphiphilic diblock copolymer containing photochromic azopyridine moieties in the side chains undergoes a UV-induced circular process including fusion, damage and defect formation, disruption, disintegration and rearrangement that can be inhibited at any moment by visible light.
Y. Yu et al.,
Macromol. Rapid Commun.
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For more than 25 years, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt has been strongly engaged in the field of metrology using synchrotron radiation.
G. Ulm et al.,
phys. stat. sol. (b)
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DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200945162
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Semiconducting ceramics exhibiting a negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTCR) are often used as temperature sensors in automobiles, household appliances, and healthcare applications.
A. Feteira,
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.
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2009, 92, 967
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Since its introduction in 2001 by Sharpless and co-workers, click chemistry has been a hot topic in synthetic chemistry.
C. Barner-Kowollik and A. J. Inglis,
Macromol. Chem. Phys.
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2009, 210, 987
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This concise and clear introduction to the topic requires only basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra - all other concepts and ideas are developed in the course of the book.
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Following last year's excellent first Immediacy Index, Macromol. React. Eng. now has achieved a very promising first ISI Impact Factor of 1.04.
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Due to numerous potential applications such as microelectronics, catalysis and sensors, precise patterning of mesoporous oxide films is of high technological interest.
J. J. Watkins et al.,
Adv. Funct. Mater.
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The Journal of the American Ceramic Society remains the highest impact journal in the field with a 2008 ISI Impact Factor of 2.101.
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High resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy is used to quantify the reaction progress during the modification of polyHEMA cryogels using the ‘click’ reaction, rendering this technique a suitable tool to monitor, in a straightforward fashion, the derivatization of macroporous structures using azide-alkyne ‘click’ chemistry.
F. E. Du Prez et al.,
Macromol. Rapid Commun.
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