http://www.materialsviews.com News www.materialsviews.com www.materialsviews.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:25 GMT 2010-02-09T11:06:25Z www.materialsviews.com http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1411/TEXT New work describes the synthesis of CD-bearing Fc via click chemistry and the formation of supramolecular assemblies. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1411/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1410/TEXT This new book from Pascault and Williams looks at new materials trends and recent innovations in epoxy polymers. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1410/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1407/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1407/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1408/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1408/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1404/TEXT A novel approach for the preparation of multilayered thin films using a robust synthetic DNA analogue is reported. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1404/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1405/TEXT A new type of nanoporous hydroquinone/catechol formaldehyde resin is prepared by a one-pot synthesis. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1405/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1403/TEXT 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). http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1403/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1402/TEXT Series of red-emitting polyfluorenes with unexpectedly high emission efficiency synthesized. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1402/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1401/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1401/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1400/TEXT Inorganic semiconductor technology heavily relies on controlled doping of pure parent materials with elements of different valence. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1400/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1399/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1399/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1398/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1398/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1397/TEXT Efficiently harnessing solar power for sustainable generation of hydrogen requires low-cost, purpose-built, functional materials combined with inexpensive large-scale manufacturing methods. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1397/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1395/TEXT Headlines from the fields of solid state physics  and polymer science. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1395/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1394/TEXT Towards a universal SAM molecule to functionalize different materials types. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1394/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1393/TEXT Kurt Geckeler and Hiroyuki Nishide have combined to edit a comprehensive 2-volume handbook entitled Advanced Nanomaterials. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1393/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1392/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1392/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1391/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1391/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1390/TEXT Influence of titanium dioxide nanoparticles incorporated into elastomeric polyesters http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1390/TEXT http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1389/TEXT 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. http://www.materialsviews.com/matview/display/en/1389/TEXT