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Chemistry World July 3, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Flat-pack structures build themselves Scientists in the US have developed flat pack structures that can autonomously assemble into three-dimensional shapes on application of an electrical current.
Chemistry World August 18, 2008	Patterning Promise for Next-Gen Computers Breakthroughs in controlling the way polymers self-assemble on surfaces could be key to making the next generation of computer components, say two teams in the US.
Chemistry World November 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Microscopic springs made from nanotube composite Researchers in the US have developed a way to rapidly make tiny 3D objects out of a carbon nanotube-enriched polymer, using UV light to quickly set the structure in place.
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Self-Assembly Goes Around Bends Researchers have found a way a way to make polymer chains automatically assemble in non-regular patterns, including sharp angles. The method could eventually be used to build precise features as small as ten nanometers.
Chemistry World May 22, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	'Printing' organs with hydrogels Dutch researchers have developed a way to 'print' stable cell-containing scaffolds, creating a method that could one day be used to help make tailor-made tissue grafts
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Electricity shapes nano plastic Plastic is a popular material for electronics these days because it's light and flexible. But today's chipmaking processes tend toward hard crystals, not soft polymers. A method that yields microscopic plastic structures could help, and it's based on a readily-available resource -- electricity.
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Laura Howes	Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light.
Chemistry World January 8, 2016 Simon Hadlington	New shape memory polymer with a permanent twist The new kind of polymer's permanent shape can be changed multiple times, with the features from the previous shape remaining locked into the structure.
Chemistry World February 22, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Hydrogels Make Programmed Chemical Origami Israeli scientists have created elastic sheets which buckle into pre-programmed 3D shapes on command.
Chemistry World March 26, 2007 Victoria Gill	World's Smallest Bowl of 'Alphabet Soup' A fluorescent alphabet soup cooked up by US researchers has demonstrated the ability of a new technique to mass-produce complex shapes on the micro and even nanoscale.
Chemistry World March 18, 2015 Tim Wogan	Drawn out success for far faster 3D printing A new, continuous-flow process for stereolithography -- one of the key technologies in 3D printing -- that is 25 -- 100 times faster than current technologies has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World September 10, 2013 Emily Skinner	Shape memory polymer hosts functional nanoparticles Scientists in China have developed a polymer scaffold for functional nanoparticles that can be folded and mangled but will reform into its original shape if it is placed in water.
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Non-stick approach to regular polymer vesicles UK researchers have devised a new method for making polymer vesicles
Chemistry World November 11, 2011 Charlie Quigg	Invisible ink for the 21st century Scientists from China have developed a new lithographic printing technique to layer a pattern onto photonic paper.
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite.
Technology Research News June 18, 2003	Nano rapid prototyping advances Rapid prototyping -- using lasers to harden liquid plastic into three-dimensional shapes -- has been around for a couple of decades, but lately researchers have been working to scale the process down to the realm of nanotechnology.
Chemistry World April 8, 2014 Katia Moskvitch	Gel to heal divide between bones and surgical implants A new gel developed by researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, could lead to a smart coating that makes it easier to fuse surgical implants with bone tissue by reducing the chances of rejection by the body.
Chemistry World September 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Nanopore Structures Could Tune Drug Crystallisation A recent finding offers a new way to tune the rate of crystallisation of different compounds and the morphology of the crystals that are formed.
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley	Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.
Technology Research News April 9, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Painted LEDs make screen Spread it on a surface, shine tiny spots of ultraviolet light on it, and voila, a certain type of plastic turns into a full-color, high-resolution, flexible flat-screen display. The simple process could make computer screens much cheaper.
Chemistry World June 16, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Microfluidic artistry hits the rails South Korean researchers have developed a way to efficiently assemble microstructures from plastic parts - by sculpting them to fit to rails which then guide the parts along fluid-filled channels.
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Polymer Side Chains on the Slide Researchers may now be able to create rotaxane polymers whose properties alter in response to chemical stimuli.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Plastic Shape Shifter Temperature-controlled triple-shaped plastics that can change shape from one form to another, then another, have been developed by researchers.
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 James Urquhart	Plant-inspired plastics take shape Shape-shifting plastics which respond to external stimuli, similar to how Venus flytraps ensnare prey and touch-me-nots fold their leaves inwards when touched, have come a step closer thanks to a new polymer.
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans	Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.
Chemistry World March 28, 2012 Fay Nolan-Neylan	Drug Release Polymer Triggered by Ultrasound Scientists have found that a drug-loaded shape memory polymer can be manipulated by ultrasound and that they can control when and how the drugs are released.
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Chemistry World March 20, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Sensitive Polymers Show Drug Delivery Promise Chemists in the US have developed a three-component polymer that can respond to temperature, pH and the presence of a reducing agent.
Chemistry World September 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Daisy-chain polymers bring artificial muscles a step closer American chemists have made molecular 'daisy-chains' containing threaded rings that can be pulled taut or slackened by chemical stimuli.
Chemistry World March 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Shape-shifting polymers A US researcher has shown how a so-called shape memory polymer - a material which can take on a temporary shape and then return to its permanent shape in response to an external stimulus - has the unusual ability to 'memorize' a range of different shapes.
Chemistry World August 1, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Now You Stick me, Now You Don't Researchers have developed a novel system of reversible adhesion, where two surfaces bind tightly or loosen completely depending on the prevailing pH.
Chemistry World June 1, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Structural order gained over conducting polymer Scientists in Canada and the US have shown how it is possible to assemble ordered arrays of short chains of a commercially important conducting polymer on a metal surface.
Chemistry World January 31, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Ketene comes in from the cold The ketene group, -C=C=O, is capable of rich and diverse chemistry, says Craig Hawker of the University of California, Santa Barbara
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley	Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials.
Chemistry World December 4, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Nacre-inspired composite is toughest ever ceramic A hybrid composite inspired by the structures of bone and mother-of-pearl is the toughest ceramic-based material ever made, say US scientists.
Chemistry World June 12, 2008 Michael Gross	Light Drives Plastic Motor Chemists in Japan have built a rotary motor driven purely by light shining onto a polymer film.
Chemistry World July 13, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Superconductivity: Explosive New Images UK chemists have discovered how to create superconducting images on paper.
Chemistry World February 10, 2014 Ian Randall	Polymer puts a new twist on soft robotics Twisted polymer springs capable of turning light energy into mechanical movement have been developed by researchers from the Netherlands and the UK.
Chemistry World November 14, 2010 Laura Howes	Using Host-Guest Chemistry as Molecular Velcro Molecular recognition, a microscopic process, has been used by Japanese researchers to assemble gels into macroscopic structures. The result is like molecular velcro, the molecules catch each other and hold the gel cubes together.
Chemistry World May 8, 2014 Tim Wogan	Polymer sets new self-healing record A new self-healing polymer that can repair holes far larger than any material before -- up to 3cm wide -- has been unveiled by US researchers.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Tim Stevens	Technologies Of The Year -- IBM Corp.'s Nanotechnology For Semiconductor Processing Polymer molecules that self-assemble will enable smaller, more powerful semiconductor devices for the future. The technology promises significantly reduced feature size, higher component density, improved performance and lower voltage requirements for microelectronic devices.
Chemistry World May 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Nanopolymers Get Stuck In U.S. scientists have discovered how to glue two materials together with a one nanometer-high layer of polymer chains.
Chemistry World August 30, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Responsive gel stays strong The first hybrid gel that is responsive as well as robust has been made by scientists in the UK.
Chemistry World January 11, 2016 Tim Wogan	Ceramics made stronger with 3D printing A new method for 3D printing ceramic microlattices has been developed by researchers in the US.
Chemistry World June 14, 2011	Polymers Nanobrushes 'Paint' the Mona Lisa in 3D Chinese scientists have used polymers nanobrushes to 'paint' a 3D representation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.
Chemistry World October 22, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoscience brings artworks back to life Italian chemists have developed a new polymer-based cleaning system to remove old residues from the surface of valuable works of art.
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Conveyor belt hydrogel Chemists in Japan have developed an oscillating polymer gel that produces 'waves' which can push or pump a cargo along its surface.
Chemistry World April 30, 2015 Simon Hadlington	Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework Chemists in the US have turned received wisdom on its head by using floppy, linear polymers to construct a rigid, crystalline, three-dimensional metal -- organic framework.