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  • The mixture of nanoparticles and polymers can dramatically alter the dynamics of the resulting system, but the detail is still under debate. Here, Baeza et al. show the formation of a percolated network by polymer bridging between adjacent nanoparticles as nanoparticle concentration increases.

    • Guilhem P. Baeza
    • Claudia Dessi
    • Sanat K. Kumar
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-6

  • ABA triblock copolymer self-assembly has been focussed on equilibrium nanostructures, while little is known on the guiding principles of nanostructure formation during non-equilibrium processing conditions. Here the authors show how to control ABA triblock copolymer hierarchical structures using solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection processing.

    • Chao Lang
    • Jacob A. LaNasa
    • Robert J. Hickey
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 10, P: 1-10

  • Polyelectrolyte gels are currently used as superabsorbers for polar solvents, such as water. Designing them so that the polyelectrolyte chains and their counterions don't get too close to each other makes them useful for absorbing less-polar solvents, too.

    • Ralph H. Colby
    News & Views
    Nature Materials
    Volume: 6, P: 401-402

  • The glass transition temperature (Tg) is a key property that dictates the applicability of conjugated polymers. Here the authors use one adjustable parameter to build a relationship between the Tg and the molecular structure of semiflexible polymers that differ in aromatic backbone and alkyl side chain chemistry.

    • Renxuan Xie
    • Albree R. Weisen
    • Enrique D. Gomez
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-8

  • Anisotropic superstructures produced by the self-assembly of spherical nanoparticles are realized. Uniformly grafting polymer chains onto inorganic spherical nanoparticles produces particles with amphiphile-like behaviour. Mixing these with monodisperse polymer facilitates the self-assembly of numerous anisotropic nanocomposites.

    • Pinar Akcora
    • Hongjun Liu
    • Jack F. Douglas
    Research
    Nature Materials
    Volume: 8, P: 354-359