News tagged with polymer chain
Peering into the interfaces of nanoscale polymeric materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of polymer nanostructures and nanoscale devices for a wide variety of applications could emerge from new information about the interplay between nanoscale interfaces in polymeric ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Let's do the twist: Spiral proteins are efficient gene delivery agents
Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Radiation boost for artificial joints
A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers in China writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Biomedical En ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Nanorods made of fullerenes improve performance of polymer solar cells
The biggest obstacle to making use of solar energy has been the excessively high price of solar cells made of inorganic semiconductors. In contrast, solar cells based on semiconducting polymers are affordable, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Unique gel capsule structure enables co-delivery of different types of drugs
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a multiple-compartment gel capsule that could be used to simultaneously deliver drugs of different types. The researchers used a simple "one-pot" ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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'Kinks' in tiny chains reveal Brownian rotation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have created a method to measure the axial rotation of tiny rods. The technique detailed in a paper by Sibani Lisa Biswal and her colleagues appears this month ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Caught red-handed: Detection of latent fingerprints through release of fluorescein from a nanofiber mat
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a forensic agent dusts a surface with powder or exposes it to the vapors of an iodine chamber, mystery fans know what is going on: This is how latent fingerprints are made visible so ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Paving the way for new single-molecule electrochemical switches
The degree of twisting of natural helical structures, such as the DNA double-helix, plays an essential role in many important biological functions. Because of their twisted architecture, artificial helices ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Radical predictions in polymer chemistry
Free radicals may have a bad reputation for causing ozone depletion and premature aging, but they are in fact extremely useful for making novel materials, particularly polymers. Skilled chemists can link up ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Making light work of artificial muscles
A new form of self-assembling polymer film that bends and stretches when hit by light is pointing the way to a new family of functional materials. This flexing film is the first material to have been made ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Giant molecule synthesized
Producing molecules comparable with large bio-molecules in size, shape and structure is an age-old dream of organic chemists. An international research team led by A. Dieter Schluter from the Department of ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Researchers developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks
Michael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Researchers settle argument over mobility of flexible filaments (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Theo Odijk, you win. The professor of biotechnology at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has a new best friend in Rice University's Matteo Pasquali.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Muscle filaments make mechanical strain visible
Plastics-based materials have been in use for decades. But manufacturers are facing a serious hurdle in their quest for new developments: Substantial influences of the microscopic material structure on mechanical ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Transparent conductive material could lead to power-generating windows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 03, 2010 |
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