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Magnetic field and pH synergy controls therapeutic burst

Australian researchers have shown how alternating magnetic fields could be used to localise the release of cancer-fighting drugs to cancer cells, limiting side effects in the rest of the body.

May Lim at the University of New South Wales, and colleagues, have devised a system where a magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle is bound to a temperature-responsive polymer onto which drug molecules can be attached via Schiff base bonds.

A magnetic field combined with the acidic environment of cancer tissue results in rapid hydrolysis of the Schiff base bond

A magnetic field combined with the acidic environment of cancer tissue results in rapid hydrolysis of the Schiff base bond

Interested? Read the full article at Chemistry World.

Spatial and temporal control of drug release through pH and alternating magnetic field induced breakage of Schiff base bonds
Alexander E. Dunn, Douglas J. Dunn, Alexander Macmillan, Renee Whan, Tim Stait-Gardner, William S. Price, May Lim and  Cyrille Boyer
Polym. Chem., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00150H

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10th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering 2013 Poster Prize winner

A huge congratulations to Alexander Hähnel who was awarded the Polymer Chemistry Poster Prize at the 10th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (APME 2013). The conference took place from the 18 – 22 August 2013 in Durham, UK and was was sponsored by Polymer Chemistry and Soft Matter.

Poster Prize winners

(from left to right) Prize winners: Oğuz Türünç (Ghent University), Alexander Haehnel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), John Finnegan (University of Bristol)

APME 2013 focussed on the recent advances in polymer chemistry, polymer synthesis and polymer characterisation; further details about the conference can be found by taking a look at their website.

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Poster prize winners at the 2013 International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials

Many congratulations to the winners at the 2013 International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials! 

Chosen by an independent panel, the winners were: Akira Matsumoto (Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering at Tokyo Medical and Dental University) for the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C poster prize, Justin Poelma for Polymer Chemistry and Saemi Oh for Soft Matter (University of California, Santa Barbara). 

The symposium which focuses on the field of stimuli-responsive materials from academia, industry, and government took place in October (20 – 22) this year at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa, CA and was co-sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. 

Akira Matsumoto

Akira Matsumoto receiving his poster prize for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, C

Justin Poelma

Justin Poelma receiving his prize for Polmer Chemistry

Saemi Oh winning the Soft Matter poster prize

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IPST2013: International Polymer Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Innovation in Polymer Science and Technology 2013 (IPST2013) was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on October 7 – 10, 2013 and organised by the Indonesian Polymer Association (HPI). It was attended by more than 250 participants from over 20 countries; presenting about 200 paper works consisting of 102 oral and 108 poster presentations, including 7 plenary speakers, and 24 keynote speakers. To date, this event was the biggest international polymer conference, organised by the Indonesian Polymer Association.

IPST2013

The conference was officially opened by the representative of Indonesian government, the Ministry of Research and Technology of Indonesia. The Indonesian Polymer Association presented a 2013 HPI award to Dr. M. Sugandi (a former of the HPI’s chair) for her lifetime contributions in polymer research as well as in the polymer society in Indonesia. The best student posters were awarded to 5 students: Arum Patriati (Indonesia), Shih Ming Chang (Taiwan), Emiko Ohara (Japan), Ayami Nagayama (Japan), and Koay Seong Chun (Malaysia). Zainon Othman (Malaysia) and Firman Kurniawansyah (Indonesia) were awarded the best oral presentation prize.

The IPST2013 was officially closed by Ms. Eniya L. Dewi, the chair of the IPST2013 and ICFCHT2013. The next conference will take place in 2016 (IPST2016) and will be held in Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Best Student Poster Prize at IPST2013

Congratulations to Koay Seong Chun for being awarded the Polymer Chemistry Best Student Poster Prize at IPST2013!

Koay Seong Chun (left) is a PhD student working in Professor Salmah Husseinsyah and Dr. Hakimah Osman's group at the School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia.

Koay Seong Chun (left) is a PhD student working in Professor Salmah Husseinsyah and Dr. Hakimah Osman's group at the School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia.

He received his RSC prize at the International Conference on the Innovation in Polymer Science and Technology 2013 (IPST2013) which was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from October 7 – 10, 2013. The poster, titled “Infuence of Methacrylic Acid Modification on Tensile Properties of Polypropylene/Cocoa Pod Husk Biocomposites”, was presented alongside 54 other student poster presentations and achieved the highest collective score from the judges.

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Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in July

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for July:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis  
Andrew B. Lowe 
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B  

Schiff’s base as a stimuli-responsive linker in polymer chemistry 
Yan Xin and Jinying Yuan  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3045-3055 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20290E  

Phase separation of supramolecular and dynamic block copolymers  
Mihaiela C. Stuparu, Anzar Khan and Craig J. Hawker 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3033-3044 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20368E  

Novel amphiphilic, biodegradable, biocompatible, cross-linkable copolymers: synthesis, characterization and drug delivery applications 
Qiao Jin, Samarendra Maji and Seema Agarwal  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2785-2793 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20364B 

One-pot RAFT synthesis of core cross-linked star polymers of polyPEGMA in water by sequential homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerizations  
Chunlei Zhang, Miao Miao, Xueteng Cao and Zesheng An  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2656-2664 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20442H  
 
Dual-responsive crown ether-based supramolecular chain extended polymers  
Jianzhuang Chen, Xuzhou Yan, Xiaodong Chi, Xiujuan Wu, Mingming Zhang, Chengyou Han, Bingjie Hu, Yihua Yu and Feihe Huang  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3175-3179 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20323E  

Single chain polymeric nanoparticles as compartmentalised sensors for metal ions  
Martijn A. J. Gillissen, Ilja K. Voets, E. W. Meijer and Anja. R. A. Palmans  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3166-3174 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20350B  

New methods of polymer synthesis  
Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Jean-François Lutz and Sébastien Perrier  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1677-1679 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY90007F  

A novel amphiphilic copolymer poly(ethylene oxide-co-allyl glycidyl ether)-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone): synthesis, self-assembly, and protein encapsulation behavior 
Bin Li, Gao Chen, Fanbo Meng, Taihang Li, Jun Yue, Xiabin Jing and Yubin Huang  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2421-2429 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20253K  

Biocompatible and degradable poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) based polymers for biomedical applications 
Yi Zhang, Dafeng Chu, Mengyao Zheng, Thomas Kissel and Seema Agarwal  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2752-2759 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20403G  

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Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in June

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for June:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis  
Prof. Andrew Brian Lowe 
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B 

New methods of polymer synthesis 
Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Jean-François Lutz and Sébastien Perrier 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1677-1679 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY90007F 

2-(2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorophenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole, a fluorine-rich building block for the preparation of conjugated polymer donors for organic solar cell applications 
Marios Neophytou, Heraklidia A. Ioannidou, Theodosia A. Ioannou, Christos L. Chochos, Solon P. Economopoulos, Panayiotis A. Koutentis, Grigorios Itskos and Stelios A. Choulis  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2236-2243 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20198D 

Supramolecular three-armed star polymers via cyclodextrin host–guest self-assembly  
Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt, Tobias Rudolph, Martin Hetzer, Helmut Ritter, Felix H. Schacher and Christopher Barner-Kowollik  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20293J 

UCST-driven self-assembly and crosslinking of diblock copolymer micelles  
Peter J. Roth, Thomas P. Davis and Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2228-2235 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20204B 

Three new conjugated polymers based on benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene: synthesis, characterization, photoinduced charge transfer and theoretical calculation studies  
Shaojie Chen, Qiuyu Zhang, Hepeng Zhang, Junwei Gu, Mingliang Ma, Tiejun Xin, Yanyang Zhou, Jian Zhou and Qing Liu  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2244-2253 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20122D 

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science  
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen  
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A 

Single-chain polymer nanoparticles via reversible disulfide bridges  
Bryan T. Tuten, Danming Chao, Christopher K. Lyon and Erik B. Berda  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20308A 

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in recognition-mediated polymer-quantum dot assemblies  
Vikas Nandwana, Brian Fitzpatrick, Qian Liu, Kyril M. Solntsev, Xi Yu, Gülen Yesilbag Tonga, Serkan Eymur, Murat Tonga, Graeme Cooke and Vincent M. Rotello  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20353G 

Photo-responsive systems and biomaterials: photochromic polymers, light-triggered self-assembly, surface modification, fluorescence modulation and beyond  
Francesca Ercole, Thomas P. Davis and Richard A. Evans  
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 37-54 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00300B 

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Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in May

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for May:

New methods of polymer synthesis 
Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Jean-François Lutz and Sébastien Perrier 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1677-1679 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY90007F

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe 
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B 

Synthesis and post-polymerization modification of poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) brushes 
Kemal Arda Günay, Nicolas Schüwer and Harm-Anton Klok  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20162C 

Conjugated polymer nanostructures for organic solar cell applications 
Jiun-Tai Chen and Chain-Shu Hsu  
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2707-2722 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00275A 

Diels-Alder “Click” Reactions: Recent Applications in Polymer and Material Science 
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen  
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A

GFP-inspired fluorescent polymer 
Hongping Deng, Qi Zhu, Dali Wang, Chunlai Tu, Bangshang Zhu and Xinyuan Zhu  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20223A 

Supramolecular mimics of phase separating covalent diblock copolymers 
Jingyi Rao, Emilia Păunescu, Mohammad Mirmohades, Ikhlas Gadwal, Abbas Khaydarov, Craig J. Hawker, Joona Bang and Anzar Khan  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20125A 

Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles 
Maxwell J. Robb, Luke A. Connal, Bongjae F. Lee, Nathaniel A. Lynd and Craig J. Hawker  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1618-1628 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20131C

Thermoresponsive polymer brush-functionalized magnetic manganite nanoparticles for remotely triggered drug release 
Stéphanie Louguet, Bérengère Rousseau, Romain Epherre, Nicolas Guidolin, Graziella Goglio, Stéphane Mornet, Etienne Duguet, Sébastien Lecommandoux and Christophe Schatz  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1408-1417 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20089A 

Facile fabrication of flower-like nanocomposite microparticles via seeded miniemulsion polymerization 
Jianan Zhang, Xuewu Ge, Mozhen Wang, Mingyuan Wu, Jianjun Yang and Qingyun Wu  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20193C 

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Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in April

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for April:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B  
 
Diels-Alder “Click” Reactions: Recent Applications in Polymer and Material Science 
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen  
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A  

Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles 
Maxwell J. Robb, Luke A. Connal, Bongjae F. Lee, Nathaniel A. Lynd and Craig J. Hawker  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1618-1628 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20131C  

Conjugated polymer nanostructures for organic solar cell applications 
Jiun-Tai Chen and Chain-Shu Hsu 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2707-2722 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00275A  
 
Heteronucleobase-functionalized benzoxazine: synthesis, thermal properties, and self-assembled structure formed through multiple hydrogen bonding interactions 
Wei-Hsun Hu, Kai-Wei Huang and Shiao-Wei Kuo 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1546-1554 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20090B  

Biological surface modification by ‘thiol-ene’ addition of polymers synthesised by catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) 
Stacy Slavin, Ezat Khoshdel and David M. Haddleton  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1461-1466 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20040F  

Cationic methacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization 
Sonu Kumar, Saswati Ghosh Roy and Priyadarsi De  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1239-1248 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00607C  

Molecular design, synthesis and characterization of aromatic polythioester and polydithioester 
Daisuke Abe and Yuji Sasanuma  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1576-1587 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20118F  

A new polyfluorene bearing pyridine moieties: a sensitive fluorescent chemosensor for metal ions and cyanide 
Xiaoding Lou, Yi Zhang, Shuang Li, Daxin Ou, Zhaomin Wan, Jingui Qin and Zhen Li  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1446-1452 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20022H  

Thiol-Michael coupling chemistry: facile access to a library of functional exo-7-oxanorbornenes and their ring-opening metathesis (co)polymerization 
Meina Liu, Johannes van Hensbergen, Robert P. Burford and Andrew B. Lowe 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1647-1658 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20155K 

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Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in March

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for March:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis
Andrew B. Lowe
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B 

Cationic methacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization
Sonu Kumar, Saswati Ghosh Roy and Priyadarsi De
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1239-1248 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00607C

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A 

Anion conducting poly(dialkyl benzimidazolium) salts 
Owen D. Thomas, Kristen J. W. Y. Soo, Timothy J. Peckham, Mahesh P. Kulkarni and Steven Holdcroft
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1641-1643 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00142F

Synthesis of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources
Mathieu J.-L. Tschan, Emilie Brulé, Pierre Haquette and Christophe M. Thomas
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 836-851
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00452F 

Conjugated polymer nanostructures for organic solar cell applications
Jiun-Tai Chen and Chain-Shu Hsu
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2707-2722
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00275A 

Individual graphene oxide platelets through direct molecular exfoliation with globular amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers
Shi-Min Shau, Tzong-Yuan Juang, Han-Sheng Lin, Cheng-Liang Huang, Chi-Fa Hsieh, Jeng-Yue Wu and Ru-Jong Jeng
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1249-1259
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00006G

Novel photo-switchable polymers based on calix[4]arenes 
Szymon Wiktorowicz, Vladimir Aseyev and Heikki Tenhu
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1126-1129 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20020A 

Preparation of thermoplastic polyurethanes using in situ generated poly(propylene carbonate)-diols
Sang Hwan Lee, Anish Cyriac, Jong Yeob Jeon and Bun Yeoul Lee
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1215-1220 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00010E 

Double click reaction strategies for polymer conjugation and post-functionalization of polymers
Hakan Durmaz, Amitav Sanyal, Gurkan Hizal and Umit Tunca
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 825-835
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00471A

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