Macromol. Rapid Commun. 3/2010

• Book ID: 102944389
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 574 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1336
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.201090005

✦ Synopsis

The picture presents the synthetic route to novel polyfunctional PEG-based polymers bearing a single terminal amino group and multiple hydroxyl groups. The lower pictures illustrate the tunable materials properties ranging from highly crystalline to amorphous depending on the amount of comonomer content. Further details can be found in the article by C. Mangold, F. Wurm, B. Obermeier, and H. Frey* on page 258. Back Cover: Replica molding and self-aligned polymerization afford rapid fabrication of morphological and color image patterns on free-standing composite polydiacetylene (PDA) films. Thermochromic and thermo-fluorescence 3D patterns are very promising for PDA-based imaging applications. Further details can be found in the article by O. Yarimaga, S. Lee, J.-M. Kim,* and Y.-K. Choi* on page 270.

Contents

Feature Article

One key technological issue to enable the use of carbon nanotubes in polymer composites is to be able to predict and control nanotube dispersion. This feature article casts a critical eye on the science of dispersion, and also tries to predict where the field is headed.