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2010-02-09

	Rings of Rings of Rings New work describes the synthesis of CD-bearing Fc via click chemistry and the formation of supramolecular assemblies. M. Munteanu et al., Macromol. Rapid Commun. , DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900754 ... more

	Epoxy Polymers This new book from Pascault and Williams looks at new materials trends and recent innovations in epoxy polymers. ... more

	Colloquium in Memory of Professor Ulrich Goesele A memorial colloquium in remembrance of Professor Ulrich Goesele will be held on the 11th of March 2010 at the Leibniz-Institute IAMO in Halle (Saale), Germany. ... more

	Hertha Sponer Prize 2010 goes to Na Liu The Hertha Sponer Prize 2010 of the German Physical Society for the best female young physicist in Germany has been awarded to Na Liu for her research into metamaterials. N. Liu et al., Phys. Status Solidi B , DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200674514 ... more

	Peptide Nucleic Acid Films and Capsules A novel approach for the preparation of multilayered thin films using a robust synthetic DNA analogue is reported. A. L. Becker et al., Macromol. Biosci. , DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200900347 ... more

	Hydrophilic Redox-Active Polymers with High Surface Area A new type of nanoporous hydroquinone/catechol formaldehyde resin is prepared by a one-pot synthesis. S. Zeng et al., Macromol. Chem. Phys. , DOI: 10.1002/macp.200900534 ... more

	Walter Schottky Award 2010 for Thomas Seyller For “his significant contributions to the physics of the growth of graphene, in particular for graphene synthesis on silicon carbide”, Thomas Seyller has been named the recipient of the 2010 Walter Schottky Award by the German Physical Society (DPG). ... more

	Red-Light-Emitting Polymers: Unexpected Efficiency Series of red-emitting polyfluorenes with unexpectedly high emission efficiency synthesized. Z. Ma et al., Adv. Funct. Mater. , DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200901595 ... more

	Polymer Nanocomposites Vikas Mittal from the BASF Polymer Research Laboratories has edited a one-stop resource for researchers and developers alike covering a plethora of nanocomposite properties and their enhancement mechanisms. ... more

	Controlled Doping: Devising Profiles for Organic Electronics Inorganic semiconductor technology heavily relies on controlled doping of pure parent materials with elements of different valence. G. Kaune and P. Müller-Buschbaum, Phys. Status Solidi RRL , DOI: 10.1002/pssr.200903413 ... more

	Drug Delivery Needs Good Timing In this study dynamic hydrogel microspheres are formed and characterized in which a protein conformational change was used to control microsphere volume changes and the release of an encapsulated drug. W. J. King et al., Macromol. Biosci. , DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200900382 ... more

	Dance of the Catalytic Nanosphere Heterodimers A non-catalytic silica nanosphere joined to a catalytic platinum nanosphere fueled by the decomposition of aqueous hydrogen peroxide provides a model nanomotor platform for detailed experimental and theoretical investigations. L. F. Valadares et al., Small , DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901976 ... more

	Solar Energy Technologies Efficiently harnessing solar power for sustainable generation of hydrogen requires low-cost, purpose-built, functional materials combined with inexpensive large-scale manufacturing methods. ... more

	Hydrogels and Nanostructuring - Latest Work in Physics and Polymer Science Headlines from the fields of solid state physics and polymer science. ... more

	The Ink with Two Faces Towards a universal SAM molecule to functionalize different materials types. Bhat et al., Small , DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900670 ... more

	Advanced Nanomaterials Kurt Geckeler and Hiroyuki Nishide have combined to edit a comprehensive 2-volume handbook entitled Advanced Nanomaterials. ... more

	Laser Patterning for Organic Optoelectronics Complementary organic logic circuits and lateral bipolar microstructures with specified p- and n-region profiles are patterned by direct laser writing in solution-processed thin films, fabricated from an organic semiconducting material, and applied to the fabrication of NAND and NOR logic gates. J. C. Ribierre et al., Adv. Mater. , DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903152 ... more

	Magnetoplasmonic Superstructures for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Using a bottom-up assembly, a team of scientists in the USA and China have prepared nanoparticle superstructures demonstrating both diagnostic and therapeutic (i.e., thernostic) capabilities for cancer. Their multifunctional abilities arise from a magnetic core surrounded by a plasmonic shell. W. Chen et al., Macromol. Rapid Commun. , DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900793 ... more

	In Vitro and In Vivo Biocompatibility of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Influence of titanium dioxide nanoparticles incorporated into elastomeric polyesters M. El-Fray et al., Adv. Eng. Mater. , DOI: 10.1002/adem.200900104 ... more

	100-mm-Long Carbon Nanotubes 100-mm-long semiconducting triple-walled carbon nanotubes, grown by chemical vapor deposition, show an unprecedented structural homogeneity, in which each shell maintains a constant chiral index over a very large distance, and can be directly fabricated into field-effect transistors. Q. Wen et al., Adv. Mater. , DOI: 10.1002/adma.200902746 ... more