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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
February 23, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Polymer coat helps nanoparticles penetrate mucus US researchers have shown how biodegradable, medically safe polymer coatings can help nanoparticles penetrate the mucus lining that protects human tissues to deliver drugs efficiently. |
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 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
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
July 29, 2014
Vijay Shankar |
Nanoparticle protects protein drug cargo A team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, US has developed novel nanoparticles that could deliver protein drugs to where they are needed unscathed. |
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
May 7, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Polymers release insulin in response to glucose trigger Chinese researchers have developed polymer nanoparticles that can release insulin in response to changes in glucose concentration, creating a potential treatment for diabetes. |
Chemistry World
February 28, 2006
Jon Evans |
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX. |
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
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
October 8, 2012
Emma Shiells |
Medicinal hope for injectable hydrogels Doo Sung Lee and colleagues from Sungkyunkwan University developed an amphoteric copolymer to form dually cationic and anionic hydrogels, in response to pH and temperature changes. |
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
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
August 8, 2011
Rebecca Brodie |
A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US. |
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. |
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 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. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2009
Matt Wilkinson |
Mechanised nanocapsules target drug delivery US researchers have developed a nano-sized drug delivery system that only releases its payload in specific pH conditions, a feature that could prove particularly useful for targeted delivery of cancer treatments. |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2011
Laura Howes |
Making Light Work of Disassembling Capped Nanotubes Scientists have made self assembling nanotubes that are capped at the ends. |
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
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
March 9, 2012
Fiona McKenzie |
Cleaning up antibodies for disease studies A polymer functionalized with boronic acid promises a cheap and quick way to purify antibodies for disease studies, according to scientists in China. |
Chemistry World
May 28, 2013
Anthony King |
Polymer tied in celtic knots Celtic knots and ancient art have inspired a new way of synthesizing polymers. The slow-motion method of controlling polymer growth produces a single chain that when linked repeatedly, intricately wraps around itself to form a dense structure. |
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. |
