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The synthesis of imidazole, heterocyclic or aromatic substituted polyethylene oxide demonstrates an ability to control molecular size, architecture, and targetability for potential biological applications. The functionality of these polyethylene glycol (PEG) based polymers provides a simple strategy to render substrates (DNA, RND, drugs) invisible or camouflaged to their biological ...

Novel adhesives, cleavable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, offer an alternative method for temporarily holding fragile devices in place during manufacture.

Thermoplastic high performance structural adhesives have been well studied and have found significant use in industrial markets. An adhesive which also exhibits photo-releasability will have ...

Researchers are currently focusing on translating the impressive mechanical and electrical properties of CNTs to polymer nanocomposites. However, the propensity of CNTs to aggregate in polymer matrices has limited enhancement of CNT/polymer nanocomposites. Much research has concentrated on the development of simple and effective means to reduce CNT ...

Fiber-reinforced composites with improved mechanical properties useful in a range of transparent applications such as impact-resistant windshields and faceshields.

To manufacture a transparent fiber-matrix composite with large diameter fibers (greater than ~1 micron), the refractive indices of the constituents must be very well matched (i.e. within 0.001). However, constituent refractive ...

New colorless copolymer films showing significant positive birefringence have been prepared by conventional free radical solution polymerizations techniques. These copolymers are semi-flexible and the resulting anisotropic optical properties arise without additional post fabrication processing such as orientation. The optical effects arise from the steric constraints of aromatic groups ...