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Chemistry World May 29, 2012	Solvay opens 200 employee Indian R&D centre The center -- in Savli, Gujarat State -- will focus on high-performance polymers, organic chemistry, nano-composites and green chemistry.
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Chemistry World May 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Switching Off Polymerisation in the Dark With summer in full swing, the world of polymer science is about to get a boost following news that sunlight can kick-start living polymerisation reactions. The twist is that the reaction stops in the dark.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Stephen Forrest	The Dawn of Organic Electronics Organic semiconductors are strong candidates for creating flexible, full-color displays and circuits on plastic.
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 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.
Chemistry World March 29, 2012 Tegan Thomas	Hair and polymers click In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers.
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 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 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 November 27, 2015 Philippa Matthews	Root and branch reform of roses show off organic electronics Roses have been transformed into living electronic circuits by introducing semi-conductive polymers into the channels that transport water and nutrients.
Chemistry World March 31, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Giving molecules a stretch A simple way to stretch small molecules and measure the forces at play has been developed by researchers in the US.
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.
Chemistry World June 2006 Philip Ball	Chancing Upon Chemical Wonders Serendipity has played a big part in many of chemistry's major discoveries, from electrically conducting polymers to mauve dye. Here the author shows how anyone can make a mistake, but it takes a special sort of person to draw gold from the dross.
Chemistry World October 16, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Colorful polymers on demand Electrochromic compounds are those which can change color in response to electrical signals, but they have previously come with a high price tag and slim range of available colours.
Chemistry World August 2, 2013 Jennifer Newton	If everything is chemistry then I need to do chemistry Cafer Yavuz is a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon. His groups design and make new materials from oxide and organic building blocks to offer sustainable solutions for energy and environmental issues.
Chemistry World October 22, 2007 Simon Hadlington	A Swell Idea? US researchers have developed a new polymer-based gel that can rapidly change color in response to a range of triggers, including temperature, humidity and salt concentration.
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 February 5, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Crystalline polymers make airtight films Squeezing polymers into extremely thin layers can make them a whole lot less gas-permeable, US scientists have shown.
Chemistry World March 13, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Removing toxic chemicals with POPs In a search for alternatives to the filters used in gas masks, researchers at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, have joined forces with scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Maryland, to investigate a series of porous organic polymers bearing metal-catecholate groups.
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.
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Samuel K. Moore	Poky Plastic Perks Up Materials scientists have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform almost as well as the type of silicon used to drive flat-panel displays.
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