http://www.materialsviews.com Soft Matter MaterialsViews Rss Feed http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1444417/Beetle-mimetic_Velcro.html Korean scientists present a new interlocking material based on the mechanism beetles use to lock away their wings. 2012-01-27T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438689/Book_Review_Rheology_of_Dispersions_Principles_and_Applications.html Dr. Ulrich Handge of the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht reviews Rheology of Dispersions: Principles and Applications by Tharwat F. Tadros. 2012-01-16T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438743/Most_downloaded_articles_of_the_month_from_the_Journal_of_Polymer_Science_Polyme.html Reviews on all physical aspects of polymer science make a splash in December; read them for free now! 2012-01-12T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438709/Book_Review_Handbook_of_Stimuli-Responsive_Materials.html Professor Sergiy Minko of Clarkston University reviews the new Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials. 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438009/Random_Branching_Theory.html Predicting randomness: modelling hyperbranched polymer structures. 2012-01-10T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1431847/Synthesizing_Carbazole_Oligomers.html Synthesis and optical characterization of new carbazole oligomers for applications based on carbazole-based polymers. 2012-01-03T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1424231/Shrilk_A_Chimera_of_Chitosan_and_Fibroin_for_Biodegradable_Plastics.html A laminar composite of two common biomaterials – shrimp-shells and silk – could be useful for packaging and biomedical applications. 2011-12-23T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1416279/Polymers_for_Anion_Recognition_and_Sensing.html Researchers from Toronto (Canada) present a state-of-the-art overview on polymer-based chemical architectures for anion detection. 2011-12-16T06:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1416093/Promising_New_Triblock_Copolymers_Based_on_Ionic_Liquids.html Researcher from Eastern Michigan University, USA present a new class of multi-responsive triblock copolymers based on poly(propylene oxide) and end-functionalized ionic liquids. 2011-12-09T14:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1414879/Simple_Synthesis_of_Clickable_Hydrogels.html Hydrogels can be prepared via “Click Chemistry” with reactive sites to incorporate any molecules of interest. 2011-12-05T16:00:00Z