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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 the full article.


Polymerization of a boronate-functionalized fluorophore by double transesterification: applications to fluorescence detection of hydrogen peroxide vapor
Jason C. Sanchez and William C. Trogler, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 5134
DOI: 10.1039/b809674k


Poly(caprolactone)/clay masterbatches prepared in supercritical CO2 as efficient clay delamination promoters in poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)
Laetitia Urbanczyk, Cédric Calberg, Samira Benali, Serge Bourbigot, Eliane Espuche, Fabrice Gouanvé, Philippe Dubois, Albert Germain, Christine Jérôme, Christophe Detrembleur and Michael Alexandre, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 4623
DOI: 10.1039/b807357k


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


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Hot article: Shape memory polymers with built-in threshold temperature sensors

01 February 2008

Read Christoph Weder and colleagues’ hot article


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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


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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.


A molecular dynamics study of ion-conduction mechanisms in crystalline low-Mw LiPF6·PEO6

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.


Polymer microcapsules as mobile local pH-sensors

Hot paper: Polymer microcapsules as mobile local pH-sensors

12 July 2007

Wolfgang Parak tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.


Eco-friendly synthesis of high-quality polyaniline using a copper(II) scorpionate catalyst

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.


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Polymers and macromolecules

Including reviews on conjugated polymers, stimuli responsive polymers and polymer processing