Advances in synthetic polymer chemistry have unleashed seemingly unlimited strategies for
producing block polymers with arbitrary numbers (n) and types (k) of unique sequences of …

Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the
separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in …

We report the experimental determination of the structure and response to applied electric
field of the lower-temperature nematic phase of the previously reported calamitic compound …

A recurring challenge in the field of nanocomposites is to control the spatial distribution of
nanoparticles (NPs) in a polymer matrix. This issue is of critical importance since it is now …

It is well recognized that nanocomposites formed by adding nanoparticles to polymers can
have significantly enhanced properties relative to the native polymer. This review focuses on …

Nature exploits self‐organization of soft materials in many ways, to produce cell membranes,
biopolymer fibers and viruses, to name just three. Mankind is now able to design materials at …

In this era of portability and rapid technological advances, polymers are more than ever
under pressure to be cheap and offer tailored property profiles. Often, the key lies in …

By combining three mutually immiscible polymeric components in a mixed-arm star block
terpolymer architecture, we have observed the formation of a previously unknown class of …

Of late, nanotechnology seems to be rapidly thrusting its applications in all aspects of life
including engineering and medicine. Materials science and engineering has experienced a …

This Perspective presents the development in living anionic polymerization since 1990. The
main subjects involve the following concerns of living anionic polymerization: functional …