Polymer Chemistry Blog

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the polymer chemistry field? Polymer Chemistry is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its 2026 Lectureship award and will close on 31 January 2026. This annual award was established in 2015 to honour an early-stage career scientist who has made a significant contribution to the po…

We are delighted to welcome submissions to a Polymer Chemistry themed collection on Data Science and Machine Learning in Polymer Research, guest edited by Professor Nicholas Warren (University of Sheffield) and Professor Ying Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Polymer science encompasses a vast design space of molecular structures, processing conditions, and resulting properties which is ripe …

We are delighted to announce Professor Frank Leibfarth (University of North Carolina, USA) as the recipient of the 2025 Polymer Chemistry lectureship! This award, now in its eleventh year, honours an early-career researcher who has made significant contribution to the polymer chemistry field. The recipient is selected by the Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board from a list of candidates nominated by…

Polymer Chemistry 15th anniversary Regional Spotlights Showcasing a selection of our most popular articles from regions across the world As part of our 15th anniversary celebrations of Polymer Chemistry, we have collated a series of Regional Spotlight collections to showcase some of our most popular articles from some of our key regions across the world. We are pleased to share with you our colle…

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the polymer chemistry field? Polymer Chemistry is pleased to confirm that nominations are still being accepted for its 2025 Lectureship award and will now close on 16 March 2025. This annual award was established in 2015 to honour an early-stage career scientist who has made a significant contribution to the…

Xiang et al. developed a facile and versatile platform for preparing uniform π-conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers (CPNFs) with controlled length and varying functionalities. The development of controlled π-conjugated polymer nanofibers (CPNFs) represents a significant breakthrough in polymer chemistry due to their wide-ranging applications in electronics, nanomedicine, and catalysis. However, ac…

Zhao et al. accelerate antimicrobial polymer design with a novel database and machine learning. Drug-resistant microorganisms pose increasing pressure on healthcare systems, underscoring the urgent need for effective disinfectants. In this vein, antimicrobial polymers (AMPs) offer a promising solution by inhibiting or eradicating microbes through diverse mechanisms without fostering resistance. W…

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the polymer chemistry field? Polymer Chemistry is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its 2025 Lectureship award and will close on 31 January 2025. This annual award was established in 2015 to honour an early-stage career scientist who has made a significant contribution to the po…

We are delighted to announce Professor Haritz Sardon (University of the Basque Country) as the recipient of the 2024 Polymer Chemistry lectureship! This award, now in its tenth year, honours an early-career researcher who has made significant contribution to the polymer field. The recipient is selected by the Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board from a list of candidates nominated by the community. …

Read Maciek’s Emerging Investigator article, Strands vs. crosslinks: topology-dependent degradation and regelation of polyacrylate networks synthesised by RAFT polymerisation, DOI D3PY01008B. Check out of interview with Maciek below: How do you feel about Polymer Chemistry as a place to publish research on this topic? I think it’s perfect. Polymer Chemistry is a go-to journal for any quality poly…

Zhanhua Wang received his doctorate in polymer chemistry and physics from Jilin University under the supervision of Professor Bai Yang in 2011. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Professor Marek Urban at the University of Southern Mississippi and Clemson University. He moved to Wageningen University as a postdoctoral researcher and worked with Professor Han […]

Beth received her B.S. Degree in Chemistry and Biology from Le Moyne College where her research focused on the total synthesis of natural products. She spent a year at SUNY-Environmental Science and Forestry at the Michael Szwarc Polymer Research Institute, then went to the University of Iowa. Beth worked in the research group of Leonard […]

Junpeng Wang received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry (advisor: Prof. Stephen Craig) from Duke University in 2015. He then worked with Prof. Luping Yu at the University of Chicago and Prof. Jeremiah Johnson at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a […]

Call for papers: Polymers for Gene Delivery Guest Edited by Professors Sébastien Perrier, Todd Emrick, Marxa Figueiredo, Youqing Shen and Zhuxian Zhou   The Royal Society of Chemistry journal Polymer Chemistry has announced an open call to submit your research to a themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery.   This themed collection is Guest […]

Annalisa Chiappone is Assistant Professor in Industrial Chemistry in the Department of Chemical Science and Geology of the University of Cagliari since October 2021. With a background on materials engineering, she obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Politecnico di Torino in 2012 with a Thesis on photocured polymer electrolytes membranes reinforced with natural fibers […]

Alex studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg (B. Sc. 2015) and the University of Cambridge (M. Phil. 2016). As a Cambridge Trust Vice Chancellor scholar, he studied the supramolecular realm of main group chemistry under the supervision of Prof. D. S. Wright and received his PhD in 2020. After post-doctoral research supported by a […]

We are very pleased to announce the Polymer Chemistry themed collection on Chalcogen Containing Polymers!   Chalcogen-based polymers have seen a resurgence in interest over the last several years. Due to the versatile and intriguing chemistry of sulfur, selenium and tellurium, polymers containing these elements have found diverse applications in polymer and material science. This […]

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the polymer chemistry field?   Polymer Chemistry is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its 2024 Lectureship award and will close on 31 January 2024. This annual award was established in 2015 to honour an early-stage career scientist who has […]

Dr. Mintu Porel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Engineering Center, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India. After receiving her M.Sc. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, she joined University of Miami, Florida, USA for the Ph.D. program. She completed her Ph.D. on Organic Supramolecular […]

Prof. Rebekka S. Klausen carried out graduate studies in organic synthesis with Prof. Eric N. Jacobsen (Ph.D. 2011, Harvard University) and postdoctoral research in single molecule electronics with Prof. Colin Nuckolls (2011-2013, Columbia University). In 2013, she joined the Johns Hopkins University Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor and is now the Second Decade Society Associate …