The sceptical chymist posted a short interview with Nadrian Seeman today, which reminded me of my DNA-richer days, long ago they seem. If you remember my last comment on DNA-Polymer conjugates you know that DNA can do all sorts of nice things for polymer chemists as well as material scientists. But there is more than […]
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(Almost) Polymer of the month (May 2007): DNA with a twist
Published by May 12th, 2007 in biopolymers, future technology and polymer of the month. 2 CommentsAre DNA-polymer-conjugates finally taking off?
Published by February 26th, 2007 in biopolymers, future technology, hipness, literature and nanotechnology. 4 CommentsDNA-Polymer conjugates seem to be taking off these days. Having seen Corinne Vebert’s presentation on her DNA-poly(butadiene)-block-copolymers at this year’s polymer meeting in Freiburg, I just checked up on some chemistry blogs I read and find a post on “On the road” about a similar system by A. Herrmann, who was also present at the […]
Polymer of the month (January 2007): Inulin
Published by January 25th, 2007 in biopolymers and polymer of the month. 2 CommentsJanuary. Time of New Year’s Resolutions, time for many people to consider living a more healthy life, including more exercise and eating less and better food. Looking further into this matter one finds references to so called “dietary fibers”, which are non-digestable non-starch polysaccharides, as well as cellulose, lignin, chitins, pectins, beta-glucans, inulin and oligosaccharides. Although any […]
Carbon nanotubes
Published by December 31st, 2006 in carbon nano tube, nanotechnology and nobel prize. 0 CommentsCarbon Nanotubes, as cool and hype as its name suggests, are rather old and part of human technology (And we thought Carbon Nano Tubes were new….) — and definitely in the universe per se. Nevertheless the original discovery of non-planar graphite-derived 3D-shaped molecules was a major breakthrough and lead to a nobel prize in chemistry […]
