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Al Crosby, Duncan Irschick and colleagues have been awarded an international grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP). This grant has been awarded to study bioadhesion in geckos and insects. The researchers received international scientific and
media attention recently for their discovery reported
in the journal Advanced Materials, of how gecko feet and skin
produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to the 5-ounce animal
carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping. This led them to invent
"Geckskin," a device that can hold 700 pounds on a smooth wall.
In the Loop
Cyclic
polymers remain an under-studied class of macromolecules. Cyclic Brush Polymers by Combining Ring-Expansion Matathesis Polymerization and the "Grafting from" Technique" was published in ACS Macro Letters by researchers in the Tew Group laboratory recently. They reported a new method to prepare cyclic brush polymers by
combining ring-expansion metathesis polymerization (REMP) and the “grafting
from” technique. Ultra-high molecular
we ight cyclic polymers with hydroxyl side groups were prepared by REMPto form
the cyclic macro-initiators. These novel
cyclic macro-initiators were used to polymerize a variety of lactones
generating novel cyclic brush polymers.
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Research from the Muthukumar Group was highlighted recently in
Physics Today
Building a virus the simple way
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