Tuning Heteroatoms: Making Efficient Photocatalysts

A SEM image of one of the titanium dioxide microspheres synthesized in this experiment.

An international research team have designed and developed a method for synthesizing photocatalysts with tunable heteroatom distribution.

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BASF acquires Mazzaferro polyamide polymer business

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BASF are looking to expand into the South American engineering plastics market.

Yiyun Cheng, East China Normal University: Biomedicine, dendrimers, and polymers

Yiyun Cheng is a Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University.

MaterialsViews recently spoke to East China Normal University Professor Yiyun Cheng about his biomedical research – here’s what he had to say.

Latest news in polymer science: editor picks from Polymer Physics

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The Latest Trends in Integrative Plastics Technology

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The 26th International Plastics Technology Colloquium presented the latest trends and developments in plastics processing.

The Case of the Complexed Charge Carrier: The Mysterious Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

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Dutch researchers present a new theoretical model to explain the better than expected power conversion efficiencies reported for organic solar cells.

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March editor’s choice papers in polymer physics

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Latest editor’s choice papers from the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics are available to download for free.

Energy in Pictures – 2012/1

Advanced Energy Materials Cover Montage Issue 2012-01

Energy research in pictures: Advanced Energy Materials covers from January 2012.

Ravin Narain: Aiming for a Cancer Cure with Biomaterials and Nanotechnology

Professor Ravin Narain of the University of Alberta

We speak to University of Alberta Professor Ravin Narain about his polymeric and nano-materials research, and what it might for the future of biomaterials and medicine.

A Truly 3D Self-Assembled Metamaterial

3D metamaterial using self-assembled block copolymers as template

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK report the fabrication of a truly 3D metamaterial using self-assembly.

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Now published: Advanced Optical Materials

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