Journal of Materials Chemistry Hot Papers:
Polymers and macromolecules
Journal of Materials Chemistry hot papers featured in this polymers and macromolecules section have been rated as "outstanding" by expert reviewers in the field. Follow each link for an article about the paper or an interview with the authors. Each hot paper is free-to-access for a limited period of time.
Polymer nanoencapsulated mesoporous vanadia with unusual ductility at cryogenic temperatures
N. Leventis, C. Sotiriou-Leventis, S. Mulik, A. Dass, J. Schnobrich, A. Hobbs, E. F. Fabrizio and H. Luo, G. Churu, Y. Zhang and H. Lu, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 2475
DOI: 10.1039/b801770k
Hot article: Shape memory polymers with built-in threshold temperature sensors
01 February 2008
Read Christoph Weder and colleagues' hot article
Hot Paper: A novel approach to the construction of 3-D ordered macrostructures with polyhedral particles
04 January 2008
Read Dongyuan Zhao's latest Hot Paper on the fabrication of ordered macrostructures of polyhedral particles
Hot Paper: Assembly of Spherical Micelles in 2D Physical Confinements and Their Replication into Mesoporous Silica Nanorods
31 October 2007
Read Galen Stucky's latest Hot Paper describing the influence of 2D cylindrical confinement on the assembly of spherical micelles.
Hot paper: A molecular dynamics study of ion-conduction mechanisms in crystalline low-Mw LiPF6·PEO6
21 August 2007
Josh Thomas tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.
Hot paper: Polymer microcapsules as mobile local pH-sensors
12 July 2007
Wolfgang Parak tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.

Hot paper: Eco-friendly synthesis of high-quality polyaniline using a copper(II) scorpionate catalyst
01 March 2007
H. V. Rasika Dias tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.
Hot paper: Atomic layer deposition of polyimide thin films
27 November 2006
Matti Putkonen and colleagues discuss their work depositing different polyimide films.

Hot paper: Highly Efficient White-Electrophosphorescent Devices Based on Polyfluorene Copolymers
10 October 2006
Ching-Fong Shu and colleagues have prepared white electrophosphorescent devices from polyfluorene copolymers

Hot communication: Characterization of Enzyme-Polymer Interactions using Fluorescence
05 October 2006
Michael Cooney and colleagues have used fluorescence to investigate the interactions between enzymes and polymers

Hot paper: Combinatorial Methods for the Vapor Deposition Polymerization of Polyimide Monomers
31 July 2006
Hans-Werner Schmidt has used a combinatorial approach to produce polyimide thin films

Hot Paper: Ring-opening metathesis polymerizations with norbornene carboxylate-substituted metal oxo clusters
13 July 2006
Ulrich Schubert and colleagues report ring-opening metathesis polymerizations using norbornene carboxylate-substituted metal oxo clusters

Hot paper: Photopatterned liquid crystalline polymers for microactuators
16 June 2006
Researchers at the University of Alberta and Eindhoven University of Technology have investigated the actuation of photopatterned liquid crystalline polymers

Hot communication: Drilling nanoholes in colloidal spheres by selective etching
11 May 2006
X.S. Zhao and colleagues have developed an effective and cost-effective route to polystyrene colloidal spheres with nanoholes.

Hot paper: Synthesis of Novel Polyelectrolytes and Their Application as Hole-Transport Layers in Polymeric Light-Emitting Diodes
11 May 2006
Yong Cao and colleagues have synthesised new polyelectrolytes which can be used as hole-transporting layers in polymeric light-emitting diodes.

Hot paper: Alternate copolymers of head to head coupled dialkylbithiophenes and oligoaniline substituted thiophenes
26 April 2006
Malgorzata Zagorska and colleagues have made new processable, alternate copolymers with interesting properties.

Hot paper: Surface-selective photo-grafting on porous polymer membrane via synergist immobilization method
31 March 2006
Mathias Ulbricht reports on a novel photo-graft polymerization method which can be used to functionalize polymer materials in polar organic solutions.

Hot paper: Synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid hydrogels using a new cross-linking agent
31 March 2006
Jun-ichi Kadokawa has synthesised a hydrogel with more superior compressive properties than conventional PAAm hydrogels.
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Including reviews on conjugated polymers, stimuli responsive polymers and polymer processing
