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Interview with Eva Harth

Photograph of Eva HarthEva Harth talks to Marie Cote about chemistry as a way of expression, nanosponge technology and her love of colour and structures

What inspired you to become a scientist?
I always wanted to find out how things really worked and I was first interested in animals. Later on I became interested in more biological questions; I bought books on how cells and plants function. I found that chemistry is a very creative way of expression – artists can make paintings but chemists can make compounds, which is also a way to express yourself. It’s always novel and nearly never repetitive in a way. This is what I liked about it…

Read the full interview for free in Highlights in Chemical Biology

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Polymer Chemistry, 2010, Issue 10 – Online!

Selenium-containing block copolymers and their oxidation-responsive aggregates by Ning Ma, Ying Li, Huifeng Ren, Huaping Xu, Zhibo Li and Xi Zhang is the paper featured on the front cover of Polymer Chemistry issue 10.

The paper reports self-assembled responsive aggregates made from selenium-containing polymers. These polymer aggregates are more sensitive to oxidants than sulfur-containing analogues. The team hope this behavior could form the basis of a new drug delivery system.

The polymer is a selenium-containing amphiphilic block copolymer with a hydrophobic polyselenide block flanked by two hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) blocks.

Interested to know more? Why not read the full article for free: Selenium-containing block copolymers and their oxidation-responsive aggregates.

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ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship

ChemComm is delighted to invite nominations for the very first ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship. The lectureship, which will be awarded annually, will recognise an emerging scientist in the early stages of their independent academic career. Deadline for nominations: 28th February 2011. Visit the ChemComm blog for more information.

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Top Ten most-read Polymer Chemistry articles in September

The latest top ten most downloaded Polymer Chemistry articles

See the most-read papers of September 2010 here:

Tobias Kaufmann and Bart Jan Ravoo, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 371-387
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00281B 
 
Jay A. Syrett, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 978-987
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00104J
 
Xiaowei Zhan and Daoben Zhu, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 409-419
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00325H
 
Guang-Zhao Li, Rajan K. Randev, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Gregory Rees, Cyrille Boyer, Zhen Tong, Thomas P. Davis, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton, Polym. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00100G
 
Nicolas Sanson and Jutta Rieger, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 965-977
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00010H
 
Andrew B. Lowe, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B
 
Gijs J. M. Habraken, Maloes Peeters, Carin H. J. T. Dietz, Cor E. Koning and Andreas Heise, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 514-524
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00337A
 
Ingo Dierking, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 1153-1159
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00087F
 
R. K. Nagarale, Woonsup Shin and Pramod K. Singh, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 388-408
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00235A
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Polymer Chemistry, 2010, Issue 9 – Out now!

Outside front cover Polymer Chemistry issue 9 The outside front cover features a review by Maria Asplund, Tobias Nyberg and Olle Inganäs on Electroactive polymers for neural interfaces. This review addresses the possibilities conducting polymers offer for improving neural interfaces. The design and desirable properties of the polymer electrodes, to facilitate integration with the biological system, are also explored.

Inside front cover Polymer Chemistry, 2010, Issue 9
The review Polymer–protein conjugates: an enzymatic activity perspective by Marc A. Gauthier and Harm-Anton Klok is highlighted on the inside front cover. This review article describes the influence the parameters related to the polymer on the enzymatic activity of protein–polymer conjugates.

 

 

 

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Top Ten most-read Polymer Chemistry articles

The latest top ten most downloaded Polymer Chemistry articles

See the most-read papers of August 2010 here:

Jay A. Syrett, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 978-987
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00104J
 
Neil Ayres, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 769-777
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00246D
 
Xiaowei Zhan and Daoben Zhu, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 409-419
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00325H
 
Tobias Kaufmann and Bart Jan Ravoo, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 371-387
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00281B 
 
Nicolas Sanson and Jutta Rieger, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 965-977
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00010H
 
Richard Mark England and Stephen Rimmer, Polym. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00154F
 
Guang-Zhao Li, Rajan K. Randev, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Gregory Rees, Cyrille Boyer, Zhen Tong, Thomas P. Davis, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton, Polym. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00100G
 
Hamilton Kakwere and Sébastien Perrier, Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00160K
 
R. K. Nagarale, Woonsup Shin and Pramod K. Singh, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 388-408
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00235A
 
Seema Agarwal, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 953-964
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00040
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Nominations for the 2011 Prizes and Awards are now open

The RSC currently presents around 60 prestigious Prizes and Awards annually to scientists in all the main chemical science disciplines allowing for the greatest range of scientists to be recognised for their work; individuals, teams and organisations working across the globe.

There are nine categories of awards including specific categories for Industry and Education so whether you work in business, industry, research or education recognition is open to everyone.

Our Prizes and Awards represent the dedication and outstanding achievements in the chemicals sciences and are a platform to showcase inspiring science to gain the recognition deserved.

Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences?

View our full list of Prizes and Awards and use the online system to nominate yourself or colleagues.

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Top Ten most-read Polymer Chemistry articles

The latest top ten most downloaded Polymer Chemistry articles

See the most-read papers of July 2010 here:

Neil Ayres, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 769-777
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00246D
 
Xiaowei Zhan and Daoben Zhu, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 409-419
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00325H
 
Tobias Kaufmann and Bart Jan Ravoo, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 371-387
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00281B
 
 
R. K. Nagarale, Woonsup Shin and Pramod K. Singh, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 388-408
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00235A
 
Benjamin Le Droumaguet and Julien Nicolas, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 563-598
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00363K
 
Yixiao Dong, Paul Gunning, Hongliang Cao, Asha Mathew, Ben Newland, Aram Omer Saeed, Johannes Pall Magnusson, Cameron Alexander, Hongyun Tai, Abhay Pandit and Wenxin Wang, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 827-830
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00101E
 
Ming Li, Priyadarsi De, Hongmei Li and Brent S. Sumerlin, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 854-859
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00025F
 
Andrew J. D. Magenau, Justin W. Chan, Charles E. Hoyle and Robson F. Storey, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 831-833
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00094A
 
Guang-Zhao Li, Rajan K. Randev, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Gregory Rees, Cyrille Boyer, Zhen Tong, Thomas P. Davis, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton, Polym. Chem., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00100G
 
Jeong Sun Sohn, Jung Il Jin, Michael Hess and Byung Wook Jo, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 778-792
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00351G
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Polymer Chemistry launch

We celebrated Polymer Chemistry’s official launch event last month, at Macro2010 in Glasgow, UK. During a poster session sponsored by Polymer Chemistry, Editor-in-Chief, Professor David Haddleton, gave a speech introducing the journal.

Wine and cake were then available for the delegates to enjoy.

We would like to thank our authors, referees and readers for making the first few issues so fantastic, and we look forward to continuing the success in the future!

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