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 […]
Archive for the 'polymer of the month' Category
(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 CommentsPolymer 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 […]
Announcing “Polymer of the month”
Published by January 5th, 2007 in polymer of the month. 0 CommentsLadies and Gentlemen, we are proud to present a new category of blog posts here on “the power of goo” (a.k.a. TPOG): Polymer of the month In this series we will explore interesting polymers, one at a time, posted “regularly” every month, focusing on interesting polymers for laymen as well as specialists. We will start this january, the […]
