Soft Matter MaterialsViews Rss Feed http://www.materialsviews.com Soft Matter MaterialsViews Rss Feed Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers – New Special Issue in Advanced Materials http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/836509/Stimuli-Sensitive_Polymers__New_Special_Issue_in_Advanced_Materials.html Advanced Materials presents a Special Issue on "Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers" guest-edited by A. Lendlein and V. P. Shastri. Get free access to selected articles now! 2010-09-08T11:20:00Z Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerization http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/834385/Photoinduced_Controlled_Radical_Polymerization_.html Scientists at the Istanbul Technical University have developed a new photoinduced controlled radical polymerization which is mainly based on photochemical generation of activator in the atom transfer radical polymerization. 2010-09-03T13:14:00Z Protein Purification with Polymers http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/814841/Protein_Purification_with_Polymers.html Researchers from the University of California describe a rapid and effective method for the isolation of a specific protein of interest using a ‘smart’ polymer conjugate. 2010-08-31T17:00:00Z Biocompatible, amorphous material with multiple hydroxyl functionalities http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/812817/Biocompatible_amorphous_material_with_multiple_hydroxyl_functionalities.html Frey et al. synthesized hyperbranched poly(ethylene glycol) by random copolymerization of ethylene oxide and glycidol. 2010-08-30T14:22:00Z Saving Money Through High-Precision Measurements http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/810191/Saving_Money_Through_High-Precision_Measurements.html A precise measurement technology for complex plastic films enables cost savings. 2010-08-25T13:00:00Z Rough Edges - The Long-Wavelength Physics of Copolymer Melts and Resists http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/805397/Rough_Edges_-_The_Long-Wavelength_Physics_of_Copolymer_Melts_and_Resists.html A stochastic simulation framework to examine line edge- and line width-roughness in polymer resists. 2010-08-20T12:05:00Z Chemistry Meets Biology – Free Access to the New Series on Polymer Conjugates http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/812785/Chemistry_Meets_Biology__Free_Access_to_the_New_Series_on_Polymer_Conjugates.html Polymer conjugates covalently connect biomacromolecules with synthetic polymers and enable the synergistical combination of the properties of these different materials. 2010-08-16T12:36:00Z Enhanced Magnetic Storage Devices with Discotic Liquid Crystals http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/804333/Enhanced_Magnetic_Storage_Devices_with_Discotic_Liquid_Crystals_.html Researchers in Korea report on the first room temperature ferromagnetic compositions consisting of discotic liquid crystals which are expected to find very important practical applications. 2010-08-09T08:53:00Z Increasing Proton Conductivity in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/763681/Increasing_Proton_Conductivity_in_Polymer_Electrolyte_Membrane_Fuel_Cells.html Yoshimura et al. synthezised aromatic polymers bearing semisquaric acid moieties as proton conducting group in proton exchange membranes 2010-08-03T10:37:00Z Switchable Nanocarriers http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/763399/Switchable_Nanocarriers.html A new photocleavable and pH responsive diblock copolymer with promising potential as photosensitive nanocarrier has been synthesized. 2010-08-03T10:05:00Z