All Polymers articles – Page 14
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Polymers curl up and take control
Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
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Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework
Hybrid metal–organic frameworks could be engineered with a whole set of new properties
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ResearchPlant-inspired plastics take shape
Polymer that responds to multiple stimuli could bring shape-shifting plastics a step closer
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ResearchSpinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line
Light energy channelled into biomedically useful molecules
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ResearchSwellable polymer sponges up CO2
‘Knitted benzene’ polymer network outperforms commercial carbon dioxide sorbents under harsh conditions
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ResearchPlant plastics reach for the stars
Star-shaped additives transform rice starch into a useful transparent plastic
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ResearchPolymer changes colour in the heat of the moment
Stabilising thermochromic polymers with peptides significantly increases their responsiveness
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ResearchBen Zhong Tang: Polymers for a bright future
Ben Zhong Tang talks to Katie Bayliss about alkyne polymers and aggregation induced emission
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - June 2014
We speak to Tom Brown, the 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, and find out why cells spend so much time doing nothing
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ResearchFlue gas reclaimed as polymer feedstock
Closing the carbon cycle reduces both greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel depletion
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ResearchNew thermoset plastics simple to recycle
IBM researchers create polymers that breakdown in acidic conditions
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FeatureGreen packaging blues
Plastic packaging is ubiquitous, but uses precious resources and goes straight to waste. Bea Perks takes a look
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ResearchPolymer sets new self-healing record
Material mimics animal healing forming a scaffold to support repair of holes over 3cm wide
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CareersThe plastics surgeon
Sarah Houlton takes a ‘Peek’ at the career of polymer chemist Alice Matthews
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FeaturePaving the way to polythene
It is 50 years since Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta won the Nobel prize for their work on polymers
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ResearchPolymer regenerates all by itself
Elastomers heal themselves independently thanks to metathesis reaction between aromatic disulphides
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PodcastPolyacetylene
David Lindsay explores the first of the conducting organic polymers, polyacetylene
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ResearchFirst polymer LED that stays lit up when stretched and scrunched
Wafer thin light-emitting film pushes flexible electronics to the limits
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