Polymer chemistry - wtf?

For all those readers out there who are no polymer chemists. I hope there are some, there must be: 2 out of 4 regular readers are also authors of this blog; both are polymer chemists. And since statistics say we only have 10% polymer chemists out there, you all are not.So, please check out this […]

Concepts in chemistry and quantum mechanics.

A quick literature link: there is a rant in one of the latest editions of Angewandte Chemie which is quite readable and educating: Jansen and Wedig respond to a paper which talks about getting rid of oxidation states in favor of “quantum-mechanically funded” electric charges. But there is much more about the underlying problem: can […]

Polymer Chemistry is the Home Depot of Chemistry?

Polymer Chemistry- The Home Depot of Chemistry. You are going to get your hands dirty. Also, have fun doing it yourself and trying to figure out what’s going on when (not ‘if’, ‘when’) it doesn’t work. The literature is not going to help you much with the “why”- it’ll just show you what to do. […]

FriendFeed room “Polymers”

Heya out there, we just have started a room dedicated to polymers on FriendFeed. Join us there if you like.Some ideas what FriendFeed can do for you and how scientists use it elsewhere.