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Chemistry World December 8, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Spinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line Inspired by nature, scientists in Australia have united light and chlorophyll to generate a range of polymers that have biomedical applications.
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Anthony King	Click chemistry creates precision polymers Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have an efficient strategy that allows them to synthesize a new family of unimolecular, sequence- and stereo-defined polymers using click chemistry.
Chemistry World March 31, 2011 Mike Brown	Electrifying polymers Scientists in the US and Italy have used electricity to control atom transfer radical polymerisation reactions, industrially significant reactions for producing plastics.
Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength.
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Tim Wogan	New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers.
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 21, 2009 Alexander Hellemans	Quantum shuttling boost for organic solar cells Organic polymers can use a quantum effect to rapidly shuttle light energy along their chains, even at room temperature.
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Solving a Tangled Polymer Problem Being able to predict how polymer chain interact could help to produce plastics with tailor made properties.
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.
Chemistry World March 21, 2014 Hamish Crawford	Waste plastics unzipped into useful chemicals A team from Northland College in Wisconsin, and from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, have developed a way to depolymerize polyesters and polycarbonates into diols and methanol, using ruthenium based pincer catalysts.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
Chemistry World October 26, 2012 Andy Extance	Molecular muscle machines bulk up French researchers have made the longest molecular machines that can be shrunk on demand in a collective motion that emulate muscle fibers.
Chemistry World November 4, 2010 Carol Stanier	Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists.
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.
Chemistry World October 11, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Alcoholic drinks perfect solvents for polymerization International researchers have gone through the contents of their liquor cabinets to see if alcoholic drinks make good solvents for single-electron transfer living radical polymerization. And the answer is an unequivocal yes.
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
Chemistry World July 9, 2013 Katherine Haxton	Dendrimers, dendrons and dendritic polymers This book, by Tomalia and others, some of the leaders in the field, offers an excellent introduction to the diversity of dendrimer chemistry.
Chemistry World July 15, 2011 Laura Howes	Cyclodextrin Dimer Becomes Synthetic Polymerase Chemists have made an artificial polymerase that doesn't need a metal catalyst or organic solvents and is more efficient than current bioinspired approaches.
Chemistry World July 26, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Shortcut Protein Synthesis Ditches Amino Acids Chinese chemists have demonstrated a speedy way to make polypeptides by avoiding the costly tedium of linking together amino acids.
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Helen Gray	Shrinky Dink origami powered by heat US scientists have devised a method of generating 3D structures from flat surfaces by printing patterns onto a polymeric children's toy and letting an IR heat lamp do the rest.
Chemistry World October 5, 2006 Victoria Gill	Polymer Chemists Tap the Body's Organs The strained tendons and ligaments that end many sporting careers could be repaired with polymers made from our own digestive chemicals. Researchers have devised a chemical method to make degradable elastomers -- polymers with elastic properties -- using bile acid.
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.
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 April 18, 2012 Lian Hutchings	Updated polymer textbook The publication of the third edition of Introduction to Polymers by Young and Lovell is an extremely timely, updated version of the second edition which was published some twenty years ago.
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Simon Hadlington	New shape for cross-linked polymers Researchers in the US and France believe they have found a new way to impart malleability into cross-linked polymers containing multiple double bonds.
Chemistry World April 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley	New Superabsorbents to Clean up Future Oil Spills Chemists in Japan have developed a new class of superabsorbent polymers that can swell to hundreds of times their weight by soaking up nonpolar organic solvents.
Chemistry World July 22, 2014 Charlie Quigg	Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled.
Chemistry World December 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Chemists Make Fullerene Necklace Spanish scientists have strung fullerene buckyballs together to produce a polymer with unique electronic properties. The creation of these polymers has demonstrated a new approach to designing novel materials.
Chemistry World January 16, 2008 Jonathan Edwards	Microneedles May Mean an End to Painful Injections Microneedles that could deliver drugs painlessly can be made more quickly and cheaply thanks to a laser polymerisation technique developed by US scientists.
Chemistry World June 17, 2009 Hayley Birch	Acrylic beads promise scalable organocatalyst production Norwegian scientists have developed a new, more efficient approach to synthesizing polymer beads containing proline and its derivatives, for use in organocatalysis.
Chemistry World April 29, 2014 Jason Woolford	Slow-setting bone glue for easier post-surgery access Researchers in Ireland and Germany have developed an adhesive to address the issue of closing the sternum after an operation.
Chemistry World March 8, 2009 Nina Notman	Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres
Chemistry World May 6, 2009 Nina Notman	Polymers feel the force A new way to make force-sensitive polymers that respond to stress by changing colour has been designed by a multidisciplinary team in the US.
Chemistry World April 15, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery A synthetic polymer could make a better replacement lubricant for joint cartilage in people with arthritis, US researchers claim. The polymer is not broken down in the body like currently used replacement lubricants.
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 July 24, 2006 Killugudi Jayaraman	Plastic Solar Cells Make Light Work Solar cells based on organic semiconductors instead of silicon could potentially turn wall paints into a source of electricity, but their low efficiency is a major roadblock. Scientists now believe they have a new approach to boosting the output from polymer cells.
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 February 20, 2014 Laura Howes	Brent Sumerlin: Searching for a sweet response Brent Sumerlin is professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, US. His research concerns the identification, synthesis, and characterization of smart polymers for drug delivery.
Chemistry World July 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington	Propeller-shaped molecules give 2D polymers lift-off Crystal engineers have finally succeeded in achieving a goal that has eluded chemists for decades by unambiguously synthesizing two-dimensional polymer crystals, confirmed by single-crystal x-ray diffraction.
Chemistry World June 23, 2014 Katie Bayliss	Ben Zhong Tang: Polymers for a bright future Ben Zhong Tang's research interests include synthesizing new speciality polymers and luminescent materials for high-tech applications.
Chemistry World November 26, 2007 Tom Westgate	Scientists Win Cash to Develop Plastic x-Ray Detectors UK scientists have shown for the first time that polymers could compete with silicon for detecting x-ray radiation. Now, a funding boost gives the researchers the chance to work with industry and bring the technology closer to market.
Managed Care March 2007 Thomas Morrow	An Absorbable Polyester Material Holds Great Promise Beyond Its Primary Use as a New Type of Surgical Suture The impact of this PHA recombinant polymer and the process to manufacture it is likely to be immense because of its potential use in heart valve replacement and organ, tendon, and ligament harvesting.
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond	Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.
Technology Research News June 29, 2005	Self-assembly: the natural way to make things In biology, there are a few different ways DNA molecules can be replicated and combined.
Chemistry World March 2, 2012 Andrea McGhee	Nanowires heading in the right direction Scientists in Switzerland have controlled the supramolecular self-assembly of polymers to form nanofibrils that could be used as organic nanowires in electronic devices.
Chemistry World April 6, 2009 Nina Notman	Torn catalysts help polymers heal themselves Catalysts that are activated by a mechanical force tearing them in two have been designed by Dutch scientists.
Chemistry World January 12, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Composites Reinforced in 3D A method that uses magnetic fields to align tiny structural elements within a polymer matrix has been developed by scientists in Switzerland.
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.