Re: New class of materials called "nanopolymers"



What kind of new property does the new material have to call it a kind
of polymer?

On Jan 20, 11:19 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nanopolymers make their debut (Jan 19)
http://physicsweb.org/article/news/11/1/17

Researchers in the US have made a new class of materials called
"nanopolymers" -- the first nanoscale equivalents of polymers. The
breakthrough was made by Francesco Stellacci and colleagues at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and involves introducing defects
onto two opposing areas on the surface of spherical-shaped metallic
nanoparticles. The resulting divalent particles are then chained
together to make freestanding films (Science 315 358).

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